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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-117/annex-I/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/117",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/117 of 21 January 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Council established under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure for dispute avoidance and settlement and the Code of Conduct for arbitrators and mediators",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-117",
  "path": "annex/I/article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In these Rules of Procedure and in accordance with Part III (Dispute avoidance and settlement) of the Agreement:\n(a) ‘administrative staff’, in respect of an arbitrator, means individuals under the direction and control of an arbitrator, other than assistants;\n(b) ‘adviser’ means an individual retained by a Party to advise or assist that Party in connection with the arbitration proceedings;\n(c) ‘the Agreement’ means the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, signed on 10 June 2016;\n(d) ‘arbitrator’ means a member of the arbitration panel;\n(e) ‘arbitration panel’ means a panel established under Article 80 of the Agreement;\n(f) ‘assistant’ means an individual who, under the terms of appointment and under the direction and control of an arbitrator, conducts research or provides assistance to that arbitrator;\n(g) ‘complaining Party’ means any Party that requests the establishment of an arbitration panel under Article 80 of the Agreement;\n(h) ‘day’ means a calendar day;\n(i) ‘Party’ means a Party to the dispute;\n(j) ‘Party complained against’ means the Party that is alleged to be in violation of the provisions covered under Article 76 of the Agreement; and\n(k) ‘representative of a Party’ means an employee or any individual appointed by a government department, agencyF or any other public entity of a Party who represents the Party for the purposes of a dispute under the Agreement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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