CELEX: 22021D2001
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 2/2021 of the EPA Committee established by 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 of 20 October 2021 concerning the adoption of the list of arbitrators [2021/2001]

17.11.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 408/19
               
            
         DECISION No 2/2021 OF THE EPA COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY 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
         of 20 October 2021
         concerning the adoption of the list of arbitrators [2021/2001]
         THE EPA COMMITTEE,
         Having regard to 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, signed in Abidjan on 26 November 2008 and applied on a provisional basis since 3 September 2016, and in particular Article 64(1) thereof,
         Whereas:
         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’) provides that the EPA Committee is to establish a list of 15 persons who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators in the settlement of disputes that may arise between the Parties,
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            
               1.   The list of 15 persons who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators (the ‘list of arbitrators’) is established in accordance with Article 64(1) of the Agreement and set out in the Annex to this Decision.
            
            
               2.   The list of arbitrators is established without prejudice to any special rules provided for in the Agreement or which may be decided by the EPA Committee.
            
         
         
            Article 2
            The list of arbitrators may be amended by a decision of the EPA Committee taken in accordance with Article 67 of the Agreement.
         
         
            Article 3
            This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its signature.
         
         
            Done at Brussels, 20 October 2021.
            
               
                  For the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
               
               Kalilou SYLLA
            
            
               
                  For the European Union
               
               Cristina MIRANDA GOZALVEZ
            
         
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            List of arbitrators (Article 64(1) of the Agreement)
            Arbitrators selected by Côte d’Ivoire:
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Abbe YAO – Côte d’Ivoire
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Abdouramane OUATTARA – Côte d’Ivoire
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Joachim BILA AKA – Côte d’Ivoire
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Narcisse AKA – Côte d’Ivoire
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Karim FADIKA – Côte d’Ivoire
                     
                  Arbitrators selected by the European Union:
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Claus-Dieter EHLERMANN – Germany
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Giorgio SACERDOTI – Italy
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Jacques BOURGEOIS – Belgium
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Pieter Jan KUIJPER – Netherlands
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Hélène RUIZ FABRI – France
                     
                  Arbitrators jointly selected by the two Parties:
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Martial AKAKPO - Togo
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Anna KOUYATE – Mali
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Thomas COTTIER – Switzerland
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Merit E. JANOW – United States
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Helge SELAND – Norway