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Acting Appointment of the Executive Secretary

The SACU Council of Ministers has appointed Ms. Alma Andrade, as the Acting Executive Secretary of SACU effective from the 18^th October 2022.

EU-SACU Arbitration Report

This Final Report is issued in the context of a dispute between the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). This dispute was lodged under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and six states from the Southern African Development Community (the SADC EPA States),1 and relates to a bilateral safeguard measure adopted in 2018 by SACU in relation to the importation of frozen bone-in chicken cuts from the EU.2

EU-SACU Poultry Safeguard Measure Arbitration

In a historic milestone, in its final Report delivered on the 3^rd August 2022, the Arbitration Panel's Ruling on the dispute between the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Member States, secures a landmark victory for the SACU poultry industry.

CHANGE OF THE SACU CHAIRMANSHIP

The Kingdom of Eswatini will assume the Chairmanship of the SACU Summit, Council of Ministers and Commission, effective from the 15^th July 2022 to the 14^th July 2023. Eswatini takes over from the Republic of Botswana, who held the SACU Chair from the 15^th July 2021 to 14^th July 2022. The SACU Chairmanship rotates amongst the Member States for a period of twelve (12) months, in alphabetical order.