Legal provisions of COM(2014)149 - Conclusion of the Association Agreement with Georgia

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dossier COM(2014)149 - Conclusion of the Association Agreement with Georgia.
document COM(2014)149 EN
date June 16, 2014

Contents

Article 1

1. The signing on behalf of the Union of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.

2. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Article 3

1. Pending its entry into force, in accordance with Article 431 of the Agreement and subject to the notifications provided for therein, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied provisionally between the Union and Georgia, but only to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union’s competence, including matters falling within the Union’s competence to define and implement a common foreign and security policy:

(a)Title I;

(b)Title II: Articles 3 and 4 and Articles 7 to 9;

(c)Title III: Articles 13 and 16;

(d)Title IV (with the exception of Article 151, to the extent that it concerns criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights; and with the exception of Articles 223 and 224, to the extent that they apply to administrative proceedings and review and appeal at Member State level);

(e)Title V: Articles 285 and 291;

(f)Title VI: Chapter 1 (with the exception of point (a) of Article 293, point (e) of Article 293, points (a) and (b) of Article 294(2)), Chapter 2 (with the exception of point (k) of Article 298), Chapter 3 (with the exception of Article 302(1)), Chapters 7 and 10 (with the exception of point (i) of Article 333), Chapter 11 (with the exception of point (b) of Article 338 and Article 339), Chapters 13, 20 and 23, as well as Articles 312, 319, 327, 354 and 357;

(g)Title VII;

(h)Title VIII (with the exception of Article 423(1), to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement as defined in this paragraph);

(i)Annexes II to XXXI and Annex XXXIV, as well as Protocols I to IV.

2. The date from which the Agreement will be provisionally applied will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.

Article 4

For the purposes of Article 179 of the Agreement, modifications of the Agreement through decisions of the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee shall be approved by the Commission on behalf of the Union. Where interested parties cannot reach agreement following objections relating to a geographical indication, the Commission shall adopt a position on the basis of the procedure laid down in Article 57(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

Article 5

1. A name protected under Sub-Section 3 ‘Geographical Indications’ of Chapter 9 of Title IV of the Agreement may be used by any operator marketing agricultural products, foodstuffs, wines, aromatised wines or spirits conforming to the corresponding specification.

2. In accordance with Article 175 of the Agreement, the Member States and the institutions of the Union shall enforce the protection provided for in Articles 170 to 174 of the Agreement, including at the request of an interested party.

Article 6

The Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts and tribunals.

Article 7

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its adoption.