Article 2 Scope of application

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 Articles 70 et seq. thereof on arbitration.

These rules of procedure are intended to enable the Parties to resolve disputes that may arise between them through a mutually satisfactory solution reached owing to the arbitration mechanism.