Considerations on COM(2019)462 - EU position Joint Committee and Subcommittee on Trade and Investment established by the partnership agreement with Mongolia regarding decisions on the rules of procedure

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dossier COM(2019)462 - EU position Joint Committee and Subcommittee on Trade and Investment established by the partnership agreement with Mongolia ...
document COM(2019)462 EN
date June  9, 2020
 
table>(1)The Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part (1) (the ‘Agreement’), entered into force on 1 November 2017.
(2)Article 56(1) of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee to ensure the proper functioning and implementation of the Agreement (the ‘Joint Committee’).

(3)Article 56(6) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee is to adopt its own rules of procedure and Article 56(4) of the Agreement provides that it may set up specialised working groups in order to assist it in the performance of its tasks.

(4)Article 28(1) of the Agreement establishes a Subcommittee on Trade and Investment.

(5)Article 28(3) of the Agreement provides that the Subcommittee on Trade and Investment is to establish its rules of procedure.

(6)In order to ensure the effective implementation of the Agreement, the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and of the Subcommittee on Trade and Investment should be adopted as soon as possible.

(7)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Joint Committee and the Subcommittee on Trade and Investment.

(8)The position of the Union within the Joint Committee and the Subcommittee on Trade and Investment should therefore be based on the draft Decisions of the Joint Committee and of the Subcommittee on Trade and Investment,