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1. Family name: Gambardella 2. First names: Maurizio 3. Date of birth: 08-08-1976 4. Nationality: Italian 5. Civil Status: Engaged 6. Education: Ph.D. in EU Law 7. Mobile: +39-339-23-15559 (Italy) 8. Qualification:

Institution / Dates Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: University of Bologna/ June 16, 2005

Ph.D. in EU Law

University Cattolica, Milan/ April 9, 1999

Law Degree

9. Membership of professional bodies: Milan (Italy) B.A.R. Since 2003 / Brussels B.A.R. (2013) 10. Present position: Legal consultant for domestic and EU companies on access to foreign markets, WTO, Trade law, Customs law, EU Sanctions

Dual use and Export Control. He is currently of counsel at Law Firm Grayston & Company in Brussels (www.graystoncompany.eu). 11. Years within last position: 2 years 12. Key qualifications:

Ø Comprehensive command of international trade disciplines working as the policy advisor for an ACP country in the national trade regime reform in the light of the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and the WTO accession.

Ø Legal advisor for multinational companies in the following areas: Customs law, Dual Use, Export Control, Anti-dumping, Anti-subsidy, Trade Law, WTO law and Competition law.

Ø Regular guest lecturer at the University of Naples on EU customs law and EU Trade Defence Instruments; regular contributor for international law journals: publications on trade and customs issues (see below for further details). Examples of covered topics: transparency in the Antidumping investigations; WTO law direct effect in EU legal system; WTO litigation on EU seal ban; the scrutiny of EU secondary law in the light of the WTO and the EU Customs principles.

13. Professional experience:

Date from - Date to

Location Company Position Description

Sept 2006 – Sept 2012

Milan/ Brussels

TCA Attorneys

Partner Legal assistance to multinational companies and sovereign States in the following areas: access to foreign markets, Customs law, trade Law and Competition law. Mayor matters in which it has been involved:

Ø The EU Antidumping litigation on CFL-i light bulbs from China. A landmark case in the EU Antidumping history.

Ø Court case on the validity of anti-dumping regulation/access to information: use of the Zwaartveld procedure to obtain information from the European Commission.

Ø Legal advisor in several pending cases before the General Court and the First Tier Tribunal (UK) in trade law matters.

Ø Legal advisor in two landmark cases before the European Ombudsman on the access to the European Commission, DG Trade Internal Guidelines and confidential file of an antidumping investigation.

Ø Customs classification of technology products within the ITA agreement. Ø Abuse of dominant position on the European railways market. Ø Advisor for an NGO on the dispute between Canada and EU on the EU import ban

regulation on seals products;

Sept 2005 – Sept 2006

Milan AS&T Associate Legal assistance in the following areas: Antidumping, Trade Law, Customs law, Competition law and EU Transport law. Submission of legal observations to the US Department of Commerce in the interest of European undertakings in: United States - Laws, Regulations and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins ("Zeroing") – Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 43 / Monday, March 6, 2006 / Notices 11189. Legal advice to undertakings on the awards as to the following WTO case: European Communities - Countervailing Measures on Dynamic Random Access Memory Chips from Korea; Advising national companies on the following EC's antidumping case: Antidumping proceedings on footwear with uppers of leather from China (2005). Advising private companies, representing them before the customs administration and the Italian Tax Courts in customs. Matters involved include: tariff classification; customs procedures; customs valuation; rules of origin.

Sept 2002 – May 2005

Milan Baker and McKenzie

Associate Legal assistance to multinational companies in the following areas: EC and Italian antitrust, trade defence Instruments, customs law. EU and antitrust law Drafting and filing to the competent authorities (i.e. before European Commission and Italian Antitrust Authority) of M&A operations. Legal assistance of multinational companies while inspections (“dawn raids”) made by officers of the European Commission and/or officers of Italian Antitrust Authority. Redaction of various appeals against decisions of the Italian Antitrust Authority. Redaction of memorandum and guidelines as to the compliance to the EU competition rules for multinational companies.

Oct 2002 - Mar 2003

Brussels European Commission DG -Competition

Internship Internship at antitrust Unit F1: textiles, cosmetics and other consumer goods; mechanical, electrical and other industries. Responsibilities include involvement in the treatment of several files covering a wide spectrum of antitrust issues (i.e. distribution agreements, B2B market place, B2C market place, Horizontal/Vertical agreements and abuse of dominant position).

July 2001 - June 2002

London Myqube In-house Legal counsel

Counsel in the Legal department for MyQube SA, managing company of the 100 Million Euro investment fund EuroQube (investors are among others: Pirelli, Mediobanca, Merrill Lynch, Benetton Group, Banca Intesa).

14. Other relevant information Conferences and seminars:

February 2011

Admitted to the Bijeenkomst Werkgroep Recht Der Internationale Economische Betrekkingen (RIEB). Experts group of International Trade Academics and private practitioners.

July - Aug 2005 and July - Aug 2006 Bern, Switzerland, WTI (World Trade Institute) Summer program on WTO Law (Dispute Settlement and Trade policy formulation;

Trade and agriculture; Contingency Protection).

2002 - 2005 Bologna, University of Bologna, lecturer in seminar courses in EU law.

July 2000 - Aug 2000 The Hague, the Netherlands, Academy of International Law, “Course of Private and Public International Law”

Mar 2000 - Apr 2000 Milan, Court of Milan, “Course on EU and competition Law” July 1999 - Aug1999 Cambridge, University of Cambridge, “ Course on English Legal Method.

15. Publications:

Maurizio Gambardella, Davide Rovetta and Simon Van Cumset, “Repayment and Remission of Customs duty under EU law”; published on June 2014 by Kluwer Law International.

Maurizio Gambardella, Davide Rovetta, “Manuale dei rimborsi e sgravi doganali”; published on February 2012 Ipsoa - Kluwer Law International Group.

Giuliano Amato & Claus-Dieter Ehlermann (Eds.), A Textbook of EU Competition Law Hart Publishing, Oxford/Portland, 2007. Co-author of the chapter: “Vertical Agreements: Was the Commission’s Response Adequate? On the Commission’s Ability to Reform Long-standing Policies”;

Seoul, South Korea, International law Journal – paper on: “The EU policy on vertical agreements”.

Regular contributor to international law journal as Global trade and Customs Journal, Kluwer International publishing; articles on Trade and Customs law topics:

Ø Maurizio Gambardella, Davide Rovetta, 'The Interface Between Trade, Customs and IP Law: Section 337 Investigations at the International Trade Commission' (2007) 2 Global Trade and Customs Journal pp. 225–230;

Ø Maurizio Gambardella, 'The Green Paper on Europe’s Trade Defence Instruments Calls for Transparency: Can the Introduction

of APO Be an Issue under Discussion?' (2008) 3 Global Trade and Customs Journal pp. 53–60; Ø Maurizio Gambardella, Davide Rovetta, 'Reasonable Period of Time to Comply with WTO Rulings: Need to Do More for

Developing Countries?' (2008) 3 Global Trade and Customs Journal pp. 99–107;

Ø Maurizio Gambardella, 'The IKEA Judgment: Some Thoughts on the ECJ Ruling' (2008) 3 Global Trade and Customs Journal pp. 177–184;

Ø Maurizio Gambardella, '‘Shooting in The Dark’ in the EC Anti–dumping and Anti–subsidies Investigations' (2008) 3 Global Trade

and Customs Journal pp. 363–370;

Ø Maurizio Gambardella, 'The EU Ban on Seal Products: Some Customs and WTO Open Questions' (2010) 5 Global Trade and Customs Journal pp. 145–154;

Ø Maurizio Gambardella, “Transparency in EU Antidumping Investigations: The European Ombudsman Perspective”, (2011) 6,

Global Trade and Customs Journal, pp. 157- 163;

Ø Davide Rovetta, Maurizio Gambardella, Vincenzo Villante “Italian Criminal Law and Customs Law Violations: A Brief Overview', (2013) 6, Global Trade and Customs Journal, pp. 173–178;

Ø Maurizio Gambardella, Davide Rovetta, 'A New Creative Ruling of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation on Customs

Penalties: Time for a EU Harmonized Customs Regime?', (2013) 9, Global Trade and Customs Journal, pp. 265–267;

Ø Davide Rovetta, Maurizio Gambardella, 'EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Sanctions: Litigation before the EU Courts and the “Sunday Punch” Approach', (2014) Issue 2, Global Trade and Customs Journal, pp. 48–51;

Ø Davide Rovetta, Maurizio Gambardella, 'Access to EU Antidumping/Subsidy Confidential Files: The EU Law ‘Zwartveld Sincere

Cooperation Doctrine’, Surprise What You Are Looking for Already Exists', (2014) Issue 7/8, Global Trade and Customs Journal pp. 338–340.

Regular contributor in Italian law journal on customs issues. Diritto e pratica tributaria internazionale, Cedam Italia, Kluwer international Group:

Ø “Principi generali del diritto comunitario, diritto di difesa e obbligazione doganale: cosa cambia nell’ordinamento nazionale in

seguito alla sentenza della corte di giustizia nel caso C-349/07”;

Ø “Diritto di difesa nell’ambito del diritto doganale”;

Ø “Un poco di chiarezza sul termine triennale di prescrizione dell'Articolo 221 del Codice Doganale Comunitario e sulla definizione di “atto penalmente perseguibile”.

14 January 2015

Ruud Tusveld

Education: Master in Law (Llm) University of Groningen (the Netherlands)Dutch Customs - Post Master Principal level Education

Present Position: Partner in charge of the Dutch Customs and international trade group,specialising in Distribution and international trade aspects (includingVAT).Leader of the PwC EMEA Customs & International Trade network& Global coordinator PwC Customs network

Professional experience

1993 to date: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Ruud joined Coopers & Lybrand in December 1993, where he per 1998 wasappointed as partner. Since 1993, Ruud has been in charge of the DutchCustoms and international trade practice of (first) Coopers & Lybrand,since 1998 PricewaterhouseCoopers/PwC. As such, he is involved intechnical aspects of any kind, but specialises in customs regimes aspectsrelated to distribution and productions of goods (customs warehousing /IPR) as well as excises, in both cases combined with advisory on the maininternational VAT aspects. He is also responsible for multi-national VATstructures on sourcing and distribution of goods. Furthermore, animportant part of the practice includes customs audits and reviews as wellas running appeals and Court proceedings on Customs and internationaltrade issues on behalf of clients.

Besides that, Ruud is leader of the PwC EMEA Customs & InternationalTrade network and member of the global indirect tax management team(coordinating Customs on a global basis). As such he has a broad multi-national knowledge on Customs, excise and VAT-aspects of the applicationof the EU law in different EU member states. For a number ofmultinational clients, Ruud acts as the coordinator from PwC for Customsand VAT issues in the Netherlands as well as the EU. Further, he has beenresponsible for a number of EU studies performed as support to changeand adapt the EU legislation.

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He also lectures Customs at the University of Rotterdam and is author ofbooks on processing reliefs (Dutch) and Origin Management (2011).

1989 - 1991: Deloitte & Touche

In charge of the Dutch Customs practice of Deloitte & Touche. During thisperiod Ruud was mainly involved in setting up distribution structures(including customs warehousing), economic Customs regimes (e.g. inwardand outward processing reliefs) and customs valuation projects. Besidesthat he was in 1993 in charge of the implementation project for the newintra community VAT system of a major automotive company.

1986 - 1991: Dutch Customs

As a principal, Ruud was in charge of the technical department of one ofthe Customs districts in The Netherlands. As such, he was involved in alltechnical issues as well as Court proceedings on behalf of Dutch Customs inthat Customs district as well as for developing new policies on criminaloffences & penalties and giving input on adapting existing legislation on anational level.

Timothy Lyons QC, ThirtyNine Essex Street Chambers, 39 Essex St, London WC2R 3AT, is called to theBar of England and Wales (1980) and the Bar of Ireland (1998). He has appeared in courts and tribunalsat all levels in England and Wales and before the Court of Justice of the EU. He represents and advisescommercial operators in the EU, individuals and local and national governments and is instructed byleading law and accountancy firms from around the world.

He is well known as a trade law and customs law practitioner and has written a standard text book:EC Customs Law, 2nd ed., 2008, OUP. He also practises in the field of tax law and is currently a memberof the Commission Group of experts on removing tax problems facing individuals who are active acrossborders within the EU. He is a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and the Universityof Porto.

Background information

Name: Luisa Santos

Nationality: Portuguese

Law Degree (Catholic University Porto-Portugal)

International Management Degree (Porto University- School of Economics)

Professional Activity

Until 2003

- Director International Relations of APT Portuguese Textile and Clothing Association -Responsible for the representation and lobby of the Industry in Brussels and in Portugal inmatters related with EU Policy;

- Teacher at EGP Oporto Management SchoolSubject:

2003-2009

- Member of the Executive Council of - (one of the leading Textile Fashioncompanies in Portugal) responsible for International Partnerships and Outsourcing (2003-2009);

- Chief Responsible for a Joint-Venture Project in India between Riopele- and alocal Partner(2007-2009);

2009- November 2013

- Trade and Industry Manager at Euratex-European Apparel and Textile Confederation;

- Administrator in CITH- Centre for Textile and Clothing Intelligence

Today

-Director International Relations in Businesseurope

- Member of the TTIP Advisory Group

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