Chapter 8 Article 19 Rules of Procedure 1. The respective Rules of Procedure governing each of the APRM Continental Structures shall be based on and constitute an integral part of this Statute. They shall therefore be adopted with a view to facilitating its implementation. 2. Further to the adoption of the present Statute and pending the adoption of Rules of Procedure of the respective APR continental structures, the APRM Operating Procedures adopted by the APR Forum in 2012, shall be applicable as an interim mechanism for the internal regulation of the APRM. 3. All Rules of Procedure governing any of the Continental Structures of the APRM shall enter into force ly on the approval of the APR Forum. Chapter 9 Article 20 Relations between APRM Continental Structures and African RECs 1. 22 The APRM, in pursuit of its mandate to foster integration on the continent, shall work closely with the RECs, their Secretariats and other organs. Statute of the African Peer Review Mechanism, August 2016V11082016