Legal provisions of COM(2020)729 - EU position in the WTO on the adoption of a decision exempting certain purchases of foodstuffs from application of export prohibitions/restrictions

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dossier COM(2020)729 - EU position in the WTO on the adoption of a decision exempting certain purchases of foodstuffs from application of export ...
document COM(2020)729 EN
date December  4, 2020

Contents

Article 1

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) at its meeting in December 2020, or at a subsequent meeting in 2021, shall be to join the consensus, in the event it is reached among WTO Members, on a decision exempting foodstuffs purchased by the World Food Programme for non-commercial humanitarian purposes from the application of export prohibitions or restrictions.

Article 2

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