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dossier	COM(2020)106 - Commission authorised to open negotiations on a comprehensive air transport agreement with ASEAN Member States as regards ...
document	COM(2020)106
date	March 20, 2020

Immediately after the adoption of the Council Decision of 7 June 2016 authorising the Commission to open negotiations on a comprehensive air transport agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States as regards matters falling within the exclusive Union competence, the Commission has contacted each of the ASEAN Member States with a view to commencing negotations.

Eight rounds of negotiations have been held since November 2016.

Under the circumstances, it is unlikely that negotiations could be successfully concluded before the expiry of the authorisation conferred by the Council Decision of 7 June 2016, i.e. by 7 June 2020.

It is therefore necessary to amendthat Decision so as to allow the Commission to conduct negotiations within a framework conducive to a successful conclusion, in the interest of the Union.