Article 2
Referral to the Committee 1. A referral shall be made to the Committee in the cases and according to the procedures laid down in the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies(1), signed in Brussels on 18 September 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the "Internal Agreement") and, where appropriate, in Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community ("Overseas Association Decision")(2). In respect of the responsibilities conferred upon it by the Decision, the Committee shall be referred to as the "EDF-OCT Committee". 2. In addition to the referral cases provided for in paragraph 1: (a) at each meeting the Commission shall submit to the Committee a list of the decisions taken in the preceding period on the basis of Article 24(2)(b), Article 24(3), Article 24(4) and the first indent of Article 25(3) of the Internal Agreement; (b) the Committee shall be informed as soon as possible of delays or difficulties in the implementation of projects or action programmes which could result in significant additional commitments or substantive changes likely to entail compulsory referral under the provisions of the Internal Agreement.