Considerations on COM(2019)369 - EU position within the Partnership Committee as regards the list of individuals to serve as arbitrators in dispute settlement proceedings

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table>(1)In accordance with Article 339(1) of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), the Partnership Committee established under Article 363 of the Agreement is to establish a list of at least 15 individuals who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators (‘the list of arbitrators’).
(2)In accordance with Article 385(5) of the Agreement, the Agreement has been provisionally applied since 1 June 2018.

(3)In accordance with Article 339(1) of the Agreement, the Union and the Republic of Armenia have each proposed their candidate arbitrators and have agreed on five third-country nationals who are to serve as chairperson of an arbitration panel.

(4)It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in the Partnership Committee with regard to the establishment of the list of arbitrators.

(5)The position of the Union within the Partnership Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,