98. The forty-third session of the Executive Committee (AC.3) was held on 12 March 2015 and chaired by the representative of the United Kingdom. The representatives of 14 of the 35 Contracting Parties to the Agreement attended: Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom), India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, South Africa and the United States of America.

99. At the proposal of the representative from the European Commission, Mr. I. Yarnold (EU) was unanimously elected as Chair; Japan and the United States of America were unanimously elected as Vice-Chairs for 2015.