Considerations on COM(2023)573 - EU position within the Cooperation Committee in Trade configuration established by Enhanced partnership agreement with Kazakhstan as regards a decision establishing a list of 15 persons who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators in dispute settlement proceedings

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dossier COM(2023)573 - EU position within the Cooperation Committee in Trade configuration established by Enhanced partnership agreement with ...
document COM(2023)573 EN
date December  7, 2023
 
(1)The Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part 2  (‘the Agreement’), entered into force on 1 March 2020.

(2)In accordance with Article 196(1) of the Agreement, the Cooperation Committee in Trade configuration, as set out in Article 269(5) of the Agreement, is to establish, no later than 6 months after the entry into force of the Agreement, a list of at least 15 individuals to serve as arbitrators in dispute settlement proceedings.

(3)A draft list of individuals to serve as arbitrators in dispute settlement proceedings has been discussed between the Parties. In accordance with Article 196(1) of the Agreement, that draft list provides for five candidate arbitrators proposed by the Union, five candidate arbitrators proposed by the Republic of Kazakhstan and five third-country nationals who may serve as chairpersons to an arbitration panel.

(4)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Cooperation Committee in Trade configuration with regard to the list of individuals to serve as arbitrators in dispute settlement proceedings.