Establishment of an arbitration panel
Article 71
1. An arbitration panel shall be composed of three arbitrators. 2. Within 10 days of the date on which the request for the establishment of an arbitration panel is submitted, the Parties shall consult each other in order to reach an agreement on the composition of the arbitration panel. 3. In the event that the Parties are unable to agree on the panel's composition within the time limit laid down in paragraph 2, either Party may request that the chairperson of the EPA Committee, or his or her delegate, select all three members by lot from the list drawn up under Article 85: one from among the individuals proposed by the complaining Party, one from among the individuals proposed by the Party complained against and one from among the individuals selected by both Parties to act as chairperson. Where the Parties agree on one or more of the members of the arbitration panel, any remaining members shall be selected by the same procedure. 4. The chairperson of the EPA Committee, or his or her delegate, shall select the arbitrators within five days of the request referred to in paragraph 3 being submitted by either Party and in the presence of a representative of each Party. 5. The date of establishment of the arbitration panel shall be the date on which the three arbitrators are selected.