Ukrainian President Selects Arbitrators Under DSM of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

Ukrainian President Selects Arbitrators Under DSM of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

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Sergiy Gryshko, Taras Kachka, Viktor Muravyov, and Yuriy Rudyuk have been placed on the list of arbitrators required by Articles 306 and 307 of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement by Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko.

Gryshko is Deputy Director General at Redcliffe Partners in Ukraine, Kachka is Deputy Executive Director at the International Renaissance Foundation, Muravyov is Head of the Department of Comparative and European Law at the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University, and Rudyuk is Partner at the Van Bael & Bellis law firm in Belgium.

According to a Van Bael & Bellis press release, "for disputes concerning the interpretation and application of the provisions in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, a separate dispute settlement mechanism has been established with a permanent list of arbitrators, out of which the parties may choose their panelists for a given dispute. An arbitration panel under the DSM of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement shall be composed of three arbitrators (one from each Party and one who is a national of either Party)."