Third parties and experts
Article 7
1. Representatives of acceding countries shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Group as from the date of signature of the Treaty of accession. 2. The chair may decide to invite representatives of relevant stakeholders or experts to participate in a meeting or in a particular part of a meeting of the Group, on his/her own initiative or at the request of a member of the Group. However, a simple majority of the component members of the Group may oppose such participation. 3. Representatives of third parties, relevant stakeholders and experts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be present at and shall not participate in voting of the Group.