2. The general principles for the process The decision on where the two agencies should have their future seat should be taken on the basis of a fair and transparent decision-making process with an organised call for offers, based on specified objective criteria (cf. point 3). All interested Member States have the opportunity to submit their offer to host one or both of the Agencies by 31 July 2017 at the latest.
The Commission will examine the Member State offers that have been received within the deadline and will provide an assessment of these on the basis of the stipulated unweighted criteria. This assessment serves the purpose of informing the decision making process. The decision will be taken by a voting process (cf. point 6) whose outcome the Member States agree in advance to respect. In order to allow for a smooth and timely relocation of the two Agencies, the objective is to reach a decision on the new locations in the autumn of 2017. It is envisaged that the decision will be taken in the margins of the General Affairs Council (Art. 50) in November 2017.
[...]By 30 September 2017 at the latest, the Commission will submit its assessment of the offers to the Secretary-General of the Council for distribution to the Member States and will also make it publicly available. 6. Decision-making and voting process The decision-making process is informed by the assessment referred to in section .
5. It will be preceded by a political discussion organised among the representatives of the Member States on the basis of the Commission's assessment. This discussion will be thoroughly prepared at Coreper level (art. 50) and take place in the margins of the General Affairs Council (art. 50) in October. During the preparation at Coreper level the Commission will make an oral presentation of its assessment of the offers. Member States which have submitted one or more offers to host will be given the occasion to make a short presentation of their offer (maximum 3 minutes). In the margins of the European Council (art.50) in October, the Prime Minister of the Member State holding the Presidency will inform the 27 Heads of State or Government about the discussion among ministers. [...]
Procedure leading up to a decision on the relocation of the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority in the context of the UK's withdrawal from the Union
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