Considerations on COM(2016)444 - Signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA)

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dossier COM(2016)444 - Signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA).
document COM(2016)444 EN
date October 28, 2016
 
table>(1)On 24 April 2009, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada.
(2)Those negotiations have been concluded, and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States of the other part, (the ‘Agreement’) should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to the fulfilment of the procedures required for its conclusion at a later date.

(3)In accordance with Article 30.6(1) of the Agreement, the Agreement does not confer rights or obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts or tribunals,