(b)the following fourth, fifth and sixth subparagraphs are added:‘Where a group of Member States jointly assumes the role of the rapporteur Member State as set out in the fourth column of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012, no co-rapporteur Member State shall be appointed. In this case, all references to “the rapporteur Member State” in this Regulation shall be deemed to be references to “the group of Member States acting jointly as rapporteur Member State”.Prior to the expiry of the deadline for submission of the application, the Member States acting jointly as rapporteur Member State shall agree on the repartition of all tasks and workload.Member States forming part of the group of Member States acting jointly as rapporteur Member State shall endeavour to reach consensus during the evaluation.’;