Article 7
1. As regards the Agreement on Certain Aspects of Government Procurement, the Community shall be represented in the Joint Committee set up under Article 11 of the Agreement by the Commission assisted by representatives of the Member States. 2. The Commission is authorised to approve, on behalf of the Community, modifications to Annexes I, II, III, IV, VI and VII to the Agreement. The Commission shall be assisted in this task by a special committee appointed by the Council. The authorisation referred to in the first sentence shall be limited, as far as Annex I is concerned, to the modifications that will be necessary if the procedures laid down in Article 8 of Directive 93/38/EEC were to be applied, as far as Annexes II, III and IV are concerned, to the modifications that will be necessary if similar procedures were to be applied to the sectors concerned by these annexes and, as far as Annexes VI and VII are concerned, to the results of future negotiations to be conducted in the framework of the 1996 Government Procurement Agreement. 3. In all other cases, the position to be taken by the Community as regards decisions of the Joint Committee shall be laid down by the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community.