Proposal for a Council Decision on a position to be taken by the European Union within the Trade Committee set up by the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure for the Trade Committee, the Rules of Procedure and Code of Conduct for arbitrators, the establishment of the lists of arbitrators and the list of experts of the Group of Experts, and the adoption of the Rules of Pro

The Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as "Agreement") was signed on 26 June 2012, and it has been provisionally applied since 1 March 2013 with Peru and since 1 August 2013 with Colombia.

Article 13.1(j) of the Agreement stipulates that the Trade Committee shall adopt its own Rules of Procedure.

Articles 13.1(h) and 315 of the Agreement specify that the Trade Committee shall adopt the Rules of Procedure and Code of Conduct for arbitrators.

Article 304(1) and (4) of the Agreement requires that the Trade Committee establish a list of 25 individuals to serve as arbitrators and additional lists of 12 individual with sectorial experience on specific subjects covered by this Agreement.

Article 284 (3) and (6) of the Agreement requires the Trade Committee to endorse a list of at least 15 persons with expertise on issues covered by the Trade and Sustainable Development Title to serve in the Group of Experts and to adopt the Rules of Procedure of the latter.

The attached proposal constitutes the proposal for a legal instrument approving the position that the European Union will be taking in the Trade Committee on the above mentioned issues.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)170: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:170:FIN

ESO: Background information: Relations between Peru and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-peru-and-the-european-union/

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