Attachment
United Kingdom
DRAFT
Decision No …./2019 of 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,
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adopting the rules of procedure for mediation, the rules of procedure for arbitration, and the code of conduct for arbitrators
THE EPA COMMITTEE,
Having regard to 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’), signed in Brussels on 15 January 2009, and applied on a provisional basis since 4 August 2014, and in particular Articles 80(1) and 88 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Under the terms of the Agreement and of this Decision, the Central Africa Party is composed of the Republic of Cameroon.
(2)
Article 80(1) of the Agreement provides that dispute settlement procedures provided for under Chapter 3 (Procedures for the settlement of disputes) of Title VI (Dispute avoidance and settlement) of the Agreement are covered by the rules of procedure and the code of conduct of arbitrators, which will be adopted by the EPA Committee.
(3)
Article 88 of the Agreement provides that the EPA Committee may decide to amend Title VI (Dispute avoidance and settlement) of the Agreement and the Annexes thereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at …,
For the Republic of Cameroon
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For the European Union
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