Considerations on COM(2013)290-1 - Proposal for an assocation agreement with Ukraine

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dossier COM(2013)290-1 - Proposal for an assocation agreement with Ukraine.
document COM(2013)290 EN
date July 11, 2017
 
table>(1)On 22 January 2007 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Ukraine for the conclusion of a new agreement between the European Union and Ukraine to replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (2).
(2)These negotiations were successfully finalised and the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’) was initialled in 2012.

(3)In accordance with Council Decision 2014/295/EU (3), Council Decision 2014/668/Euratom (4) and Council Decision 2014/670/Euratom (5), the Agreement was signed at Brussels on 21 March 2014 and at Brussels on 27 June 2014, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(4)This Decision concerns all provisions of the Agreement except for the provisions of Article 17 thereof, which contains specific obligations relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party, and which provisions fall within the scope of Title V of Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The aim and content of those provisions is distinct from and independent of the aim and content of the other provisions of the Agreement to establish an association between the Parties. A separate decision relating to Article 17 of the Agreement will be adopted in parallel with this Decision.

(5)Pursuant to Article 218(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it is appropriate for the Council to authorise the Commission to approve modifications to the Agreement to be adopted by the Association Committee in its Trade configuration pursuant to Article 465(4) of the Agreement, as proposed by the sub-committee on Geographical Indications pursuant to Article 211 of the Agreement.

(6)It is appropriate to set out the relevant procedures for the protection of geographical indications which are given protection pursuant to the Agreement.

(7)The Agreement should not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts or tribunals.

(8)The Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Union,