Considerations on COM(2023)435 - Conclusion of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the EU and Chile

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dossier COM(2023)435 - Conclusion of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the EU and Chile.
document COM(2023)435 EN
date March 18, 2024
 
table>(1)In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2023/2761 (2), the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (the ‘Agreement’) was signed on 13 December 2023, subject to the conclusion of the Agreement at a later date. In accordance with that Decision, the Joint Statement by the European Union and the Republic of Chile on the Provisions on Trade and Sustainable Development contained in the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile, attached to the Agreement, was approved on behalf of the Union.
(2)The Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Union.

(3)Pursuant to Article 218(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it is appropriate to authorise the Commission to approve on the Union’s behalf certain modifications to the Agreement that are to be adopted by a simplified procedure pursuant to Articles 21.20 and 33.11(6) of the Agreement, and by a body set up by the Agreement pursuant to Article 25.34 and subparagraph (a) (x) of Article 33.1(6) thereof.

(4)The Agreement does not, in accordance with Article 33.14 thereof, within the Union, confer rights or impose obligations on persons, other than those created between the Parties under public international law,