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Paragraph 6 Secretariat

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1.

Officials of the Signatory ESA States and of the European Commission shall act alternately for periods of 12 months as Secretary of the EPA Committee. The Signatory ESA State may be assisted by the COMESA Secretariat.

2.

Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the first period shall begin on the date of the first meeting of the EPA Committee and end on 31 December of the year thereafter. The Secretariat of the EPA Committee shall be held first by a representative of the European Commission. The Signatory ESA States assume the Secretariat on a rotating basis.