# Council Decision (EU) 2019/234 of 5 February 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Council established under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Council and of the Trade and Development Committee, Article 1: Composition and Chair

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Trade and Development Committee established under Article 103 of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), shall perform its duties in accordance with that Article.
2. Reference to ‘the Parties’ in these rules of procedure shall be made in accordance with the definition provided for in Article 104 of the Agreement, namely the SADC EPA States and the EU Party (meaning the European Union or its Member States or the European Union and its Member States, having regard to their respective areas of competence).
3. In accordance with Article 103(1) of the Agreement, the Trade and Development Committee shall be composed of representatives of the Parties, normally at the level of senior officials.
4. The meetings of the Trade and Development Committee shall be chaired alternately by a senior official of the European Commission and by a senior official of the SADC EPA States. The first meeting of the Trade and Development Committee shall be co-chaired by the relevant representatives of the Parties.
5. The mandate referred to paragraph 4 that corresponds to the first period shall begin on the date of the first meeting of the Trade and Development Committee and end on 31 December of the same year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/234/annex/II/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-234/annex-II/article-1
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