Decision 2016/1995 - Signing of the Agreement with Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the EU - Main contents
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Council Decision (EU) 2016/1995 of 11 November 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2016/1995 |
| Original proposal | COM(2016)629  |
| CELEX number i | 32016D1995 |
| Document | 11-11-2016; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 16-11-2016; OJ L 308 p. 1-2 |
| Effect | 11-11-2016; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
16.11.2016 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 308/1 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/1995
of 11 November 2016
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 15 July 2013 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the Union of the Republic of Croatia. |
(2) |
Negotiations were conducted by the Commission in accordance with the negotiating directives adopted by the Council. |
(3) |
Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union (the ‘Agreement’) was initialled on 12 July 2016. |
(4) |
The Agreement should be signed, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of that Agreement (1).
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 11 November 2016.
For the Council
The President
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P.ŽIGA
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The text of the Agreement will be published together with the decision on its conclusion.
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