Considerations on COM(2025)252 - Position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in the written procedure by the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits in relation to the common line to grant tied aid eligibility to Ukraine

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(1) The Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits (the ‘Arrangement’) was concluded by the European Community as a gentlemen's agreement negotiated within the framework of the OECD in 1978.

(2) The guidelines contained in the Arrangement have been transposed, and hence been made legally binding in the Union by virtue of Regulation (EU) No 1233/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council 5 .

(3) The Arrangement foresees in its Article 35 the possibility for a participant to propose a common line to extend the country eligibility rules. The Article 55 describes a specific procedure for adoption by written procedure of the Participants.

(4) In line with the Union’s unwavering commitment to provide support to Ukraine and its people for as long as it is needed, it is in the interest of the Union to continue to be able to grant tied aid to Ukraine.

(5) The Arrangement states that Common Lines are valid for a period of two years. Yet, the exceptional support to Ukraine may be needed longer to be able to provide continued support. It is in the interest of the Union to be able to agree to several common lines in a next future.

(6) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf, as the envisaged decision of the participants to the Arrangement will be binding on the Union and capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, by virtue of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1233/2011.