Article 2
1. The Commission shall represent the Union within the Joint Committee and the specialised committees provided for in Articles 164 and 165 of the Agreement, as well as in any further specialised committee as may be established in accordance with point (b) of Article 164(5) of the Agreement. One or more Member States may request that the Commission representative be accompanied, as part of the Union delegation, by a representative of that or those Member States in a meeting of the Joint Committee or of a specialised committee in case particular matters to be addressed at that meeting are of a specific interest to that or those Member States. In particular, Ireland, the Republic of Cyprus and the Kingdom of Spain, respectively, may request that the Commission representative be accompanied by: (a) a representative of Ireland, in the meetings of the Committee on issues related to the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland where those issues are specific to Ireland/Northern Ireland; (b) a representative of the Republic of Cyprus, in the meetings of the Committee on issues related to the implementation of the Protocol relating to the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus; (c) a representative of the Kingdom of Spain, in the meetings of the Committee on issues related to the implementation of the Protocol on Gibraltar. 2. In order for the Council to be in a position to exercise fully its policy-making, coordinating and decision-making functions in accordance with the Treaties, in particular by establishing the positions to be taken on behalf of the Union in the Joint Committee and the specialised committees, the Commission shall ensure that the Council receives all the information and documents related to any meeting of the Joint Committee, to any meeting of a specialised committee or to any acts to be adopted by written procedure sufficiently in advance of that meeting or the usage of that written procedure. The Council shall also be informed in a timely manner about the discussions and the outcome of the meetings of the Joint Committee, the meetings of the specialised committees and the written procedure, and shall receive draft minutes and all documents relating to such meetings or procedure. 3. The European Parliament shall be put in a position to exercise fully its institutional prerogatives throughout the process in accordance with the Treaties. 4. During the first five years after the entry into force of the Agreement, the Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation and application of the Agreement, in particular of Part Two thereof.