Considerations on COM(2023)46 - EU position in Joint Committee EU-Ukraine on the Carriage of Freight by Road, as regards the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and the continuation of the Agreement - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2023)46 - EU position in Joint Committee EU-Ukraine on the Carriage of Freight by Road, as regards the rules of procedure of the Joint ... |
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| document | COM(2023)46  |
| date | March 9, 2023 |
| (2) | Article 7(1) of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee to supervise and monitor the application and implementation of the Agreement and periodically review its functioning in light of its objectives. |
| (3) | Article 7(6) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee is to adopt its rules of procedure. In order to ensure the proper implementation of the Agreement, the Joint Committee’s rules of procedure should be adopted. |
| (4) | As set out in Article 6(1) of the Agreement, the Agreement is to apply until 30 June 2023. The Joint Committee is, however, to be convened at the latest three months before the expiry of the Agreement in order to assess and decide on the need for the continuation of the Agreement. |
| (5) | In order for both the Union and Ukraine to continue benefitting from the positive effects of the Agreement on facilitating road freight transport between and through Ukraine and the Union and on ensuring well-functioning solidarity lanes in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, it should be prolonged until 30 June 2024. |
| (6) | The Joint Committee is to adopt decisions establishing its rules of procedure and on the need for the continuation of the Agreement, including the duration thereof. |
| (7) | It is therefore appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the Joint Committee on the adoption of the rules of procedure and the continuation of the Agreement, as its decisions will be binding on the Union. |
| (8) | The position of the Union within the Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decisions, |