Paragraph 3 Composition and Chair

The Joint Development 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 of the EU Party.

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

The Joint Development Committee shall be co-chaired by a representative of the Signatory ESA States and by a representative of the European Commission, on behalf of the EU Party. The Signatory ESA States assume the chairmanship on a yearly rotating basis.