Considerations on JOIN(2017)44 - EU position in the Joint Committee established by the Partnership Agreement with New Zealand as regards the Rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and working groups

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dossier JOIN(2017)44 - EU position in the Joint Committee established by the Partnership Agreement with New Zealand as regards the Rules of ...
document JOIN(2017)44 EN
date February 15, 2018
 
table>(1)The Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’) was signed in Brussels on 5 October 2016 and it is provisionally applied as of 12 January 2017.
(2)Article 53(1) of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee to facilitate the implementation of the Agreement (‘the Joint Committee’).

(3)Article 53(4) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee is to adopt its rules of procedure and that it may set-up sub-committees and working groups to deal with specific issues.

(4)Article 53(5) of the Agreement provides that the Parties are to co-chair the Joint Committee.

(5)In order to ensure the effective implementation of the Agreement, the Joint Committee's rules of procedure and the terms of reference of the sub-committees and working groups should be adopted as soon as possible.

(6)The position of the Union within the Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Joint Committee Decisions,