Paragraph 2 Composition and Chair

The EPA Committee is composed, on the one hand, of representatives of Signatory States from the Eastern and Southern Africa (‘Signatory ESA States’)^f1 and, on the other of representatives ofthe EU Party, at ministerial or senior official level.

Reference to ‘the Parties’ in these Rules of Procedure is in accordance with the definition provided for in Article 61 of the Agreement.

The EPA Committee at ministerial level shall be co-chaired by a representative of the Signatory ESA States and by a representative of the European Union (‘EU’). The EPA Committee at senior official level shall be co-chaired by the representatives of the Signatory ESA States, normally at senior official level and by the senior officials of the European Commission, on behalf of the EU Party. The Signatory ESA States assume chairmanship on a yearly rotating basis.