Considerations on COM(2020)192 - EU position in the EPA Committee with the Partnership Agreement with Côte d'Ivoire on procedures for the settlement of disputes and the code of conduct for arbitrators

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dossier COM(2020)192 - EU position in the EPA Committee with the Partnership Agreement with Côte d'Ivoire on procedures for the settlement of ...
document COM(2020)192 EN
date October 12, 2020
 
table>(1)The stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’) (1) was signed on behalf of the Union pursuant to Council Decision 2009/156/EC (2). It has been applied on a provisional basis since 3 September 2016.
(2)Pursuant to Article 59(1) of the Agreement, the EPA Committee is to adopt the rules of procedure for dispute settlement procedures.

(3)The EPA Committee, at its next annual meeting, is to adopt a decision establishing the procedures for the settlement of disputes and the code of conduct for arbitrators annexed to them.

(4)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the EPA Committee concerning the adoption of the decision establishing the procedures for the settlement of disputes and the code of conduct for arbitrators, as that decision will be binding on the Union.

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