Regulations on the Management and Supervision of Preshipment Inspections Article 18

Candidates eligible to be chosen for serving on a mediation panel shall be recommended by an organization representing importers and exporters, by an organization representing preshipment inspection entities, and by the TITA. The list of such candidates shall be updated biennially.Three panelists shall be chosen to sit on the mediation panel and the TITA shall select them from the list of eligible candidates.The TITA shall also designate one other person to be present as the convener to handle the administration, documentation, and such related work for the panel.A panelist who has a personal interest with the outcome of the case must resign from and decline to sit on the panel. However, this does not apply if a disputant party on one side of the case knows that a panelist has an interest in the outcome of the case but has not raised an objection.When a panelist refuses or is unable to proceed with the work of the mediation panel, the TITA shall select a replacement panelist.