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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1954/annex-II/article-12",
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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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  "path": "annex/II/article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Ex parte contacts",
  "text": "1. The arbitration panel shall not meet or contact a Party in the absence of the other Party.\n2. No arbitrator may discuss any aspect of the subject matter of the proceeding with a Party or the Parties in the absence of the other arbitrators.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "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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