Considerations on JOIN(2017)43 - EU Position in the Joint Council with Cuba as regards the adoption of decisions on the rules of procedure of the Joint Council and of the Joint Committee

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dossier JOIN(2017)43 - EU Position in the Joint Council with Cuba as regards the adoption of decisions on the rules of procedure of the Joint ...
document JOIN(2017)43 EN
date December 18, 2017
 
table>(1)The Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Cuba, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’) was signed in Brussels on 12 December 2016 and has been applied in part on a provisional basis since 1 November 2017.
(2)Articles 81 and 82 of the Agreement establish a Joint Council and a Joint Committee to facilitate the implementation of the Agreement.

(3)Article 81(4) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Council is to establish its own rules of procedure, and Article 82(3) provides that the Joint Council is to establish the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee.

(4)Article 81(3) and (5) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Council is composed of representatives of the Parties at ministerial level and is to be to be chaired alternately by a representative of the Union and of Cuba.

(5)Article 82(1) and (5) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee is composed of representatives of the Parties at senior official level and is to be chaired alternately by a representative of the Union and of Cuba.

(6)In order to ensure the effective implementation of the Agreement, the rules of procedure of the Joint Council and of the Joint Committee should be adopted.

(7)The position of the Union within the Joint Council should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,