# 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 11: Transparency and confidentiality

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

1. Each Party and the arbitration panel shall endeavour to ensure the confidentiality of any information submitted by the other Party to the arbitration panel and which that Party has classified as confidential. Where a Party's submission to the arbitration panel contains confidential information, that Party shall also provide, within 15 days of delivery of that communication, a non-confidential version of the submission that could be disclosed to the public.
2. Nothing in these rules of procedure shall preclude a Party from disclosing statements of its own positions to the public to the extent that, when making reference to information submitted by the other Party, it does not disclose any information classified by the other Party as confidential.
3. The arbitration panel shall meet in closed session when the submission and arguments of a Party contain confidential business information. The Parties shall maintain the confidentiality of the arbitration panel hearings when they are held in closed session.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1954/annex/II/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1954/annex-II/article-11
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