# 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 22: A Party shall not rely on or introduce as evidence in other dispute settlement procedures under this Agreement or any other agreement, nor shall it be accepted that a panel takes into consideration:

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

(a) positions taken by the other Party in the course of the mediation procedure or information gathered under paragraph 13;
(b) the fact that the other Party has indicated its willingness to accept a solution to the matter subject to mediation; or
(c) advice given or proposals made by the mediator.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/614/annex/III/division/VII/division/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-614/annex-III/division-VII/division-22
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.