# Council Decision (EU) 2019/1954 of 18 November 2019 establishing the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EPA Committee set up by 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, in connection with the adoption of the rules of procedure for mediation, the rules of procedure for arbitration and the code of conduct for arbitrators, Article 1: Scope of application

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1954/annex/I/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1954/annex-I/article-1
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