Council Decision (EU) 2017/1921

of 16 October 2017

on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the establishment of a list of arbitrators

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)
The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part1 (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 15 October 2008, and has been applied provisionally since 29 December 2008.
(2)

In accordance with Article 221 of the Agreement, a list of 15 individuals with specialised knowledge of or experience in law and international trade, who are willing to serve as arbitrators, should be established. It is necessary to implement the dispute settlement provisions of the Agreement.

(3)

The Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council (‘the Joint Council’), at its fourth meeting on 17 November 2017, is to adopt a decision on the establishment of that list.

(4)

In the Joint Council, the Union is to be represented by the Commission in accordance with Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). The Member States are to support the position of the Union in accordance with Article 4(3) TEU.

(5)

It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the Joint Council.

(6)

The position of the Union within the Joint Council should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: