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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1954/annex-I/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1954",
  "legislation_title": "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",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Start of the proceeding",
  "text": "1. A Party may request, in writing and at any time, that the Parties enter into a mediation proceeding. The request must be sufficiently detailed to present clearly the concerns of the complaining Party. It must also:\n(a) identify the specific measure at issue;\n(b) provide a statement of the alleged adverse effects that the measure has, or will have, in the view of the complainting Party, on trade between the Parties;\n(c) explain how the complaining Party considers that there exist a causal link between the measure and those effects.\n2. The mediation proceeding may only be initiated by mutual consent of the Parties. Where a Party requests mediation pursuant to paragraph 1, the other Party shall consider the request and reply in writing within five days of the request. Failing this, the request shall be considered to have been dismissed.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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