Article 1 Scope of application

The provisions contained in these rules of procedure supplement and clarify the Interim Agreement with a view to an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Central Africa Party, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), in particular Article 69 (mediation) thereof.

These rules of procedure are intended to enable the Parties to resolve any disputes that may arise between them through a mutually satisfying solution reached owing to a comprehensive and expeditious mediation procedure.

Within the meaning of these rules of procedure, ‘mediation’ means any proceeding, regardless of what that proceeding is called, in which the Parties ask a mediator to help them to settle their dispute amicably.