Translation of "Aire de préparation des travaux " (French → English) :

preparing the work of the Administrative Board and participating, without having the right to vote, in the work of the Administrative Board, subject to the second subparagraph of Article 5(5);

The Chairperson shall be responsible for preparing the work of the Board of Regulators and shall chair without the right to vote the meetings of the Board of Regulators and the Management Committee.

The Presidency shall convey to delegations as soon as possible when Coreper's proceedings are being prepared all the information necessary to allow thorough preparation of Coreper's proceedings, including information on what the Presidency expects to achieve from the discussion on each agenda item.

[2] The document was also drawn up on the basis of work carried out recently in both institutions, particularly the following:

having regard to the decision of its Bureau of 12 June 2001, in accordance with the fifth paragraph of Article 265 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Rule 42(2) of its Rules of Procedure, to draw up a resolution on the preparations for the Laeken European Council and the further development of the European Union in the context of the next intergovernmental conference in 2004 and to instruct the Commission for Institutional Affairs to prepare the resolution;

recalls that the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, adopted on 1st December 1997 a Resolution on a code of conduct for business taxation O.J. No C 2, 6.1.1998, p. 2. , paragraph H of which foresees that a Group will be established by the Council to assess the tax measures that may fall within the scope of the code and to oversee the provision of information on those measures; 2. confirms the establishment of a Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) (hereinafter called the Group), set up within the framework of the Council, to assess the tax measures that may fall within the scope of the Code of Conduct for business taxation and to oversee the provision of information on ...[+++] those measures, without prejudice to the respective competences of Member States and the Community in the fields covered by the work of the Group and without prejudice to Article 151 of the Treaty as regards preparing the work of the Council; 3. notes that the work of the Group is accorded political importance and agrees that this should be reflected in the appointment by each Member State and the Commission of a high level representative and a deputy member.