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DECISION No …/2019 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE UNDER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND JAPAN FOR AN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP

of …

on the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Committee, the Rules of Procedure of a Panel, the Mediation Procedure and the Code of Conduct for Arbitrators

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership, signed in Tokyo on 17 July 2018, and in particular Articles 21.6 (2), 21.30 and 22.1(1), (2) and (4) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

1. The Rules of Procedure of the Joint Committee are established as set out in Annex I. U.K.

2. The the Rules of Procedure of a Panel are established as set out in Annex II. U.K.

3. The Mediation Procedure is established as set out in Annex III. U.K.

4. The Code of Conduct for Arbitrators is established as set out in Annex IV. U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at … on …

For the Joint Committee

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

EU representative