Article 18
Operational aspects of college meetings and activities
1. The competent authorities of the home Member State shall establish regular cooperation with college members that can take the form of meetings or other activities.
2. The organisation of college meetings and activities, and their objectives shall be communicated by the competent authorities of the home Member State to the members of the college, including EBA.
3. The competent authorities of the home Member State shall clearly establish the objectives of the college meetings. The competent authorities of the home Member State shall ensure that those objectives are reflected in the agenda items of the meetings and shall invite all members of the college to propose additional agenda items. The competent authorities of the home Member State shall take into account any proposals on agenda items made by the members of the college and shall explain, if requested, the reason for not incorporating them.
4. The competent authorities of the home Member State and the members of the college, who are involved in a particular activity or meeting of the college, shall circulate documents and contributions to working documents well in advance to enable all participants in the college to actively contribute to the discussions.