Operation
Article 4
1. The group shall be chaired by the Commission. 2. In agreement with the Commission, sub-groups may be set up to examine specific questions under terms of reference decided by the group. Such sub-groups shall be disbanded as soon as their remits have been fulfilled. 3. Observers with specific competence on a subject on the agenda may be invited by the Chair to participate in the group’s or sub-group’s deliberations if this is useful and/or necessary. 4. Information obtained by participating in the group’s or sub-group’s deliberations may not be divulged if the Commission states that it relates to confidential matters. 5. The group and its sub-groups shall normally meet on Commission premises in accordance with the procedures and schedule laid down by the Commission, which shall provide secretarial services. Other Commission officials with an interest in the proceedings may attend meetings of the group and its sub-groups. 6. The group shall adopt its rules of procedure on the basis of the standard rules of procedure adopted by the Commission ( 7 ) . 7. The Commission may publish any summary, conclusion, partial conclusion or working document of the group on the Internet site of the Directorate-General for the Internal Market and Services in the original language of the document concerned.