2012/488/EU: Council Decision of 22 June 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development set up by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, as regards the operation of the Civil Society Forum and the establishment of the Panel of Experts to examine the matters in the areas falling within the scope of the Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development
2012/488/EU: Council Decision of 22 June 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development set up by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, as regards the operation of the Civil Society Forum and the establishment of the Panel of Experts to examine the matters in the areas falling within the scope of the Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development
Decision · 8 articles
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The position to be taken by the Union in the EU-Korea Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development set up by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, as regards:
(a)
the operation of the Civil Society Forum foreseen in Article 13.13(1) of the Agreement; and
(b)
the establishment of a list of qualified individuals to serve as panellists, in accordance with Article 13.15(3) of the Agreement;
shall be based on the draft decisions of the EU-Korea Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development attached to this Decision.
The list of experts who may serve as panellists for the purposes of Article 13.15 of the Agreement is set out in the Annex to this Decision, and is hereby agreed.
ANNEX
RULES OF OPERATION OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
Article 1
The Civil Society Forum will be composed of 12 members of the EU Domestic Advisory Group and 12 members of the Domestic Advisory Groups of Korea designated by the Domestic Advisory Groups themselves. Members may be accompanied by expert advisors. Representatives of the Civil Society Forum from each Party shall include at least three representatives of business organisations, trade unions and environmental non-governmental organisations respectively.
Article 2
The Civil Society Forum shall have an EU and a Korean co-chair. The co-chairs will be appointed by the EU Domestic Advisory Group and the Korean Domestic Advisory Group(s), respectively, among their participants in the Civil Society Forum.
The co-chairs will draw up the agenda of the Civil Society Forum meetings, based on requests by their respective Domestic Advisory Groups. In addition, the agenda shall include the following regular items:
(a)
Information by the Parties on the implementation of the Chapter on Trade and Sustainable Development;
(b)
Reports of consultations undertaken under Article 13.14 and about work undertaken by Panel of experts under Article 13.15.
Article 3
The Civil Society Forum shall meet at least once a year, alternating between Brussels and Seoul, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties. An extraordinary meeting may be held upon request of one of the Domestic Advisory Groups.
ANNEX
LIST OF EXPERTS
Experts proposed by Korea
Kee-whahn CHAH
Young Gil CHO
Weon Jung KIM
Suh-Yong CHUNG
Taek-Whan HAN
Won-Mog CHOI
Experts proposed by the EU
Eddy LAURIJSSEN
Jorge CARDONA
Karin LUKAS
Hélène RUIZ FABRI
Laurence BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES
Geert VAN CALSTER
Chairpersons
Thomas P. PINANSKY
Nguyen Van TAI
Le HA THANH
Jill MURRAY
Ricardo MELÉNDEZ-ORTIZ
Nathalie BERNASCONI-OSTERWALDER
