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The Community missions to third countries referred to in paragraph 1 shall be governed by the following conditions: they may be undertaken at the Commission's initiative, where appropriate on the basis of information supplied by the European Parliament, or at the request of one or more Member States; they shall be carried out by Commission officials appointed for that purpose and by officials appointed for that purpose by the Member State(s) concerned; they may also, by agreement with the Commission and the Member States concerned, be carried out on behalf of the Community by officials of a Member State, in particular under a bilateral assistance agreement with a third country; in that event the Commission shall be informed of the results of the mission; mission expenses shall be paid by the Commission.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.