Legal provisions of COM(2016)443 - Conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA)

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dossier COM(2016)443 - Conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA).
document COM(2016)443 EN
date July  5, 2016

Contents

Article 1

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part, is hereby concluded.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to proceed, on behalf of the European Union, to send the notification provided for in Article 30.7 of the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the European Union to be bound by the Agreement. 3  

Article 3

For the purposes of Article 20.22 of the Agreement, modifications to Annex 20-A of the Agreement through decisions of the CETA Joint Committee shall be approved by the Commission on behalf of the Union. If an opposition is received in the framework of the examination carried out under Article 20.19.1, and no agreement can be reached between interested parties, the Commission shall adopt its position in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 57(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Article 4

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