In addition, a Council recommendation for a standard model agreement was adopted by the Council of the European Union on 8 May last. The model is intended to provide for consistency between member states when drawing up agreements for the establishment of teams. The Council recommendation also provides that the issue of costs should be dealt with in the agreement drawn up between the states involved rather than in separate costed exercises. The draft agreement deals with the setting out of costs that will be subject to the exclusive competence of one or other of the parties to the agreement and costs that will be shared by the competent authorities.