# Council Decision (EU) 2019/614 of 9 April 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established under the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership, as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Committee, the Rules of Procedure of a Panel, the Code of Conduct for Arbitrators and the Mediation Procedure, Article 7: Publicity and Confidentiality

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

1. Unless otherwise specified by the Agreement or decided by the Parties, the meetings of the Joint Committee will not be open to the public.
2. When a Party submits information considered as confidential or protected from disclosure under its laws and regulations to the Joint Committee or to any specialised committee, working group or other body established under the Agreement, the other Party will treat that information as confidential as provided in Article 1.6 of the Agreement.
3. Each Party may make public in any appropriate medium the agenda finalised between the Parties before the meeting of the Joint Committee, the approved joint minutes drawn up in accordance with Article 6, subject to the application of paragraph 2 above. Each Party will ensure that the decisions, recommendations and interpretations adopted by the Joint Committee are made public.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/614/annex/I/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-614/annex-I/article-7
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