According to the Decision, the Conference establishes and mandates the Modernisation Group to start negotiations on the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty, with a view to conclude negotiations expeditiously. The negotiations will take into account the identified list of topics (CCDEC2018 18) and suggested policy options (CCDEC2019 08) and will follow the procedure and timeline attached to the Conference decision.
It is expected that the first meeting of Modernisation Group will take place already on 12 December 2019 in Tirana, Albania, following the 30th Meeting of the Energy Charter Conference.