23.6.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 149/21 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 5 June 2000 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (2000/396/EC, ECSC, Euratom) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 207(3), first subparagraph, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 30(3) thereof, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 121(3) thereof, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Atrticle The Rules of Procedure of the Council of 31 May 1999 (1999/385/EC, ECSC, Euratom) (') shall be replaced by the following, which shall enter into force on 6 June 2000. ‘RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COUNCIL Article 1 Notice and venue of meetings 1. The Council shall meet when convened by its President on his own initiative or at the request of one of its members or of the Commission (3. 2. Seven months before the beginning of its term of office, the Presidency shall make known the dates which it envisages for meetings that the Council will have to hold in order to complete its legislative work or take operational decisions. At the latest one week before the beginning of its term of office, the Presidency shall establish a six-month programme in the form of indicative provisional agendas for Council meetings, showing the legislative work and operational decisions envisaged. This programme may, where necessary, provide for extra Council meetings, in addition to those previously planned. If during the Presidency any of the meetings in the six-monthly programme proves to be no longer warranted, the Presidency shall not convene it. () O] L 147, 12.6.1999, p. 13. (3 This paragraph reproduces Article 204 of the EC Treaty.