Revised Guidelines for the Consideration of Communications iv. Where the Committee approves an application to submit an amicus curiae brief, the applicant shall submit the brief in any of the working languages of the Committee as directed by the Committee within 60 days of the Committee’s formal response to the applicant. SECTION XVIII: DELIBERATIONS ON THE MERITS OF A COMMUNICATION 1) Upon the receipt of all arguments and evidence on the merits from the parties, the conduct of any hearings or any on-site investigations, the Committee shall deliberate on the merits of a communication and prepare a Report on its deliberations. 2) The Report under paragraph 1 above on the Committee’s deliberations shall cover its examination of the arguments and evidence presented by the parties, information obtained during hearings and on-site investigations. The Committee may also, on its own initiative, take into account any other information that is a matter of public knowledge relevant to the Communication. 3) The Report shall include names of the Chairperson of the Committee, the Rapporteur or members of Working Group for the communication, if any, the members of the Committee participating in the deliberations and any member of the Committee who did not participate in the consideration of the communication for reasons of incompatibility, the decision reached and any dissenting or separate opinion, and any statements which in the Committee’s view should be included in the minutes. 4) The Committee shall deliberate in closed session and all aspects of its deliberations shall remain confidential. SECTION XIX: DECISION ON COMMUNICATIONS 1) The decision on a communication i. Upon the conclusion of the consideration of and deliberations on a Communication, 21