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Article 3 Notifications

United Kingdom

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1.

‘Notification’, for the purposes of these rules of procedure, means any request, notice, written submission or other document related to the arbitration procedure, on given that:

(a)

any notification from the arbitration panel shall be sent to both Parties at the same time;

(b)

any notification from one Party which is addressed to the arbitration panel shall be copied to the other Party at the same time; and

(c)

any notification from one Party which is addressed to the other Party shall be copied to the arbitration panel at the same time, as appropriate.

2.

Any notification shall be carried out by e-mail or, where appropriate, by any other means of telecommunication that provides a record of the sending thereof. Unless proven otherwise, such notification shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of its sending.

3.

All notifications shall be addressed to the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission and to the Cameroonian Ministry responsible for implementing the Agreement.

4.

Minor errors of a clerical nature in notification may be corrected by delivery of a new notification clearly indicating the changes that have been made.

5.

If the last day for delivery of a notification is a non-working day in the Central Africa Party or in the European Union, the notification may be delivered on the next business day. No notification of any kind shall be deemed to have been received on a non-working day.

6.

Depending on the nature of the issues under dispute, all notifications addressed to the EPA Committee in accordance with these rules of procedure shall also be copied to the other relevant institutional bodies.