one minister from each SACU member state, it would be the supreme SACU decision-making body and would meet quarterly. The decisions taken by this council would only be by consensus. Commission An administrative body composed of senior officials, three technical liaison committees and an established Agricultural Liaison Committee. Tribunal An independent body of experts. It would report directly to the Council of Ministers. The tribunal would be responsible for tariff-setting and the anti-dumping mechanism. Secretariat Responsible for day-to-day operations of the pool. It would be funded from the revenue pool. Its location would be determined by senior officials who were directed to meet after one month to develop proposals for the implementation of the revised SACU institutional structure. SACU ministers further agreed that the revenue share accruing to each member state should be calculated from three basic components: a share of the customs pool; a share of the excise pool; and a share of a development component. By agreement, these components would be distributed as follows: The customs component, allocated according to each country's share of total intra-SACU trade, including re-exports. The excise component, net of the development component, allocated on the basis of GDP. The development component, fixed at 15% of the total excise pool and distributed to all SACU members in an inverse proportion to each country's GDP/capita. While SACU entered into a free trade deal with the four-nation European Free Trade Association on 1 July 2006, its negotiations with the United States for a free trade agreement have stalled (as of 8 January 2008). SACU is involved in negotiations for a free trade agreement – the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) – with the EU, and the organisation corresponded with the EU Trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, between February and March 2010, to request that the EU not demand ratification and implementation of the EPAs at the next round of negotiations without the concerns of the SACU countries being addressed. De Gucht replied that he would like to "invite the SADC EPA countries concerned to swiftly complete signature, notification and implementation of the interim EPA" and that "in the meantime, the EU is more than willing to address all pending issues and concerns." Comparison with other regional blocs See also 1903 Southern African Customs Union Agreement Trade bloc Common Monetary Area Southern African Development Community (SADC) Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Rules of origin Market