Designation of Delegates. 1. No later than 30 days after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, a signatory that has not deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval may, through a written notification to the Depositary, designate a relevant senior official from the central level of government as a delegate to the IPEF Clean Economy Committee, provided that any such delegate is subject to appropriate confidentiality requirements consistent with the requirements set out in Article 27.
2. Each delegate shall be treated as a member of the IPEF Clean Economy Committee for the purposes of taking any relevant action under this Agreement.
3. A signatory that has designated a delegate pursuant to paragraph 1 may choose an appropriate official as its designee to a subsidiary body, provided that the official is subject to appropriate confidentiality requirements consistent with the requirements set out in Article 27. The designee shall be treated as a representative to the subsidiary body for the purposes of taking any relevant action under this Agreement.
4. A signatory’s delegates and designees may participate in the IPEF Clean Economy Committee or the subsidiary body to which they have been designated pursuant to this Article until such time as this Agreement has entered into force for that signatory or one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, whichever comes first.
Designation of Delegates. 1. No later than 30 days after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, a signatory that has not deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval may, through a written notification to the Depositary, designate:
(a) a relevant senior official from the central level of government as a delegate to each IPEF supply chain body; and
(b) in accordance with Article 8.2, a worker representative and an employer representative as delegates to the IPEF Labor Rights Advisory Board, provided that any such delegate is subject to appropriate confidentiality requirements consistent with the requirements set out in Article 13.
2. Each delegate shall be treated as a member of the relevant IPEF supply chain body for the purposes of taking any relevant action under this Agreement.
3. A signatory that has designated a delegate pursuant to paragraph 1 may choose an appropriate official as its designee to a subsidiary body of an IPEF supply chain body, provided that the official is subject to appropriate confidentiality requirements consistent with the requirements set out in Article 13. The designee shall be treated as a representative to the subsidiary body for the purposes of taking any relevant action under this Agreement.
4. A signatory’s delegates and designees may participate in the IPEF supply chain body or subsidiary body to which they have been designated pursuant to this Article until such time as this Agreement has entered into force for that signatory or one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, whichever comes first.
