Article 6Joint Committee
Framework Agreement for Cooperation on Climate · Date: 01.06.2023 · In force
1. To facilitate and coordinate the implementation of this Agreement, the Parties shall establish a Joint Committee on Climate Change Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") comprising representatives designated by each Party.
2. The Committee shall meet in principle once a year, alternately in the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea, at a place and date to be mutually agreed upon. The frequency of the Committeeʼs meetings may be adjusted by mutual consent of the Parties.
3. The Committee shall approve the work plans developed jointly by the Parties through consultations and reviews.
4. The Committee shall promote cooperation by making recommendations and decisions including, inter alia, on the progress of the implementation of the cooperative activities referred to in Article 3 of this Agreement.
5. The Parties may agree to establish workstream groups on certain areas of cooperation under the Committee, such as a Joint Sub-Committee for Science and Technology Cooperation and/or a Joint Sub-Committee for Market Mechanisms, among others, in the case that the Parties decide that such groups are necessary for the implementation of this Agreement.
6. In the Joint Sub-Committee for Market Mechanisms set out in Paragraph 5 above, the Parties shall determine and agree upon the rules and modalities for the voluntary cooperation as stipulated in Article 4 of this Agreement for avoidance of the double counting of mitigation outcomes transferred and used towards the NDCs or other mitigation purposes of the Parties for ensuring environmental integrity, including, but not limited to, the following elements:
(a) authorization, including any relevant documents to be submitted to each Party;
(b) allocation of mitigation outcomes;
(c) monitoring and verification;
(d) transfer of mitigation outcomes;
(e) registry;
(f) corresponding adjustments; and
(g) reporting, including initial reports, annual information, and regular information under Article 6 and biennial transparency reports under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement.
