Decision No 7/2020 of the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 22 December 2020 establishing a list of 25 persons who are willing and able to serve as members of an arbitration panel under the Agreement [2020/2251]
Date: 2020-12-22
Institutions: Joint Committee
Subjects: EAEC, United Kingdom, agreement (EU), appointment of members, arbitration, international arbitration, joint committee (EU), withdrawal from the EU








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30.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 443/22








            DECISION No 7/2020 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE AGREEMENT ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY
         
of 22 December 2020
         
establishing a list of 25 persons who are willing and able to serve as members of an arbitration panel under the Agreement [2020/2251]


THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (1) (the ‘Withdrawal Agreement’), and in particular Article 171(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 171(1) of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Joint Committee shall, no later than by the end of the transition period set under that Agreement, establish a list of 25 persons who are willing and able to serve as members of an arbitration panel,












(2)


Pursuant to Article 171(2) of the Withdrawal Agreement, the list shall only comprise persons whose independence is beyond doubt, who possess the qualifications required for appointment to the highest judicial office in their respective countries or who are jurisconsults of recognised competence, and who possess specialised knowledge or experience of Union law and public international law. These persons shall not be members, officials or other servants of the Union institutions, of the government of a Member State, or of the government of the United Kingdom,












(3)


In view of the joint proposal by the Union and the United Kingdom of five persons for the function of chairperson of the arbitration panel, and the respective proposals by the Union and the United Kingdom of ten persons each for the function of members of the arbitration panel,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The list of 25 persons willing and able to serve as arbitrators under the Withdrawal Agreement is set out in Annex I.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2021.




Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.


For the Joint Committee


The Co-chairs

Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ
            
Michael GOVE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p.7.




ANNEX I
to Decision No 7/2020 of the Joint Committee
Chairpersons for the Withdrawal Agreement Arbitration Panel






 


Ms Corinna WISSELS










 


Ms Angelika Helene Anna NUSSBERGER










 


Mr Jan KLUCKA










 


Sir Daniel BETHLEHEM










 


Ms Gabrielle KAUFMANN-KOHLER




Ordinary members for the Withdrawal Agreement Arbitration Panel
EU:






 


Mr Hubert LEGAL










 


Ms Helena JÄDERBLOM










 


Ms Ursula KRIEBAUM










 


Mr Jan WOUTERS










 


Mr Christoph Walter HERRMANN










 


Mr Javier DIEZ-HOCHLEITNER










 


Ms Alice GUIMARAES-PUROKOSKI










 


Mr Barry DOHERTY










 


Ms Tamara ĆAPETA










 


Mr Nico SCHRIJVER




UK:






 


Sir Gerald BARLING










 


Sir Christopher BELLAMY










 


Mr Zachary DOUGLAS










 


Sir Patrick ELIAS










 


Dame Elizabeth GLOSTER










 


Sir Peter GROSS










 


Mr Toby LANDAU QC










 


Mr Dan SAROOSHI QC










 


Ms Jemima STRATFORD QC










 


Sir Michael WOOD