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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1954/annex-II/article-16",
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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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1954",
  "path": "annex/II/article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Working language for the proceeding, translation and interpretation",
  "text": "1. During the consultations referred to in Article 71(2) of the Agreement, and no later than the meeting referred to in Article 5(1) of these rules of procedure, the Parties shall endeavour to agree on a common working language for the proceeding before the arbitration panel.\n2. If the Parties are unable to agree on a common working language, each Party shall arrange for the translation of its written submissions into the language chosen by the other Party, unless these submissions are written in one of the official languages common to the Parties to the Agreement. The Party complained against shall be responsible for the interpretation of oral submissions into the languages chosen by the Parties, provided that the Parties have chosen one of the official languages common to the Parties. If one of the Parties chooses a language other than one of the official languages common to both Parties, the interpretation of oral submissions shall be entirely the responsibility of that Party.\n3. Arbitration panel reports and rulings shall be drafted in the language or languages chosen by the Parties. If the Parties have not agreed on a common working language, the interim and final reports of the arbitration panel and its rulings shall be issued in one of the official languages common to the Parties.\n4. Any costs incurred for the translation of an arbitration panel ruling into the language or languages chosen by the Parties shall be borne equally by the Parties.\n5. A Party may provide comments on the accuracy of any translated version of a document drawn up in accordance with these rules.\n6. Each Party shall bear the costs of the translation of its written submissions.",
  "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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