Considerations on COM(2016)629 - Signing of the Agreement with Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the EU

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dossier COM(2016)629 - Signing of the Agreement with Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of ...
document COM(2016)629 EN
date November 11, 2016
 
table>(1)On 15 July 2013 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the Union of the Republic of Croatia.
(2)Negotiations were conducted by the Commission in accordance with the negotiating directives adopted by the Council.

(3)Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union (the ‘Agreement’) was initialled on 12 July 2016.

(4)The Agreement should be signed,