# 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, Division 3: A Party may request, at any time, that the Parties enter into a mediation procedure. Such request shall be addressed to the other Party in writing. The request shall be sufficiently detailed so as for the other Party to understand clearly the concerns of the Party requesting the mediation procedure. The requesting Party shall in its request describe the matter at issue by:

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

(a) identifying the specific measure;
(b) providing a statement of the alleged adverse effects that the requesting Party believes the measure has, or will have, on trade or investment between the Parties; and
(c) explaining the causal link between the measure and the adverse effects on trade and investment between the Parties.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/614/annex/III/division/III/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-614/annex-III/division-III/division-3
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