Legal provisions of COM(2013)689 - Signing of agreements with a number of countries within the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) 1994, relating to the accession Bulgaria and Romania to the EU

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Article 1

The signing of the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Australia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, Canada, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of India and Japan pursuant to Article XXI of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) 1994, relating to the modification of commitments in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (‘the Agreements’) is hereby authorised on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreements ().

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreements on behalf of the Union.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.