Decision 2018/104 - Signing and provisional application of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with Armenia

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
  7. Full version
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1.

Current status

This decision has been published on January 26, 2018 and entered into force on November 20, 2017.

2.

Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2018/104 of 20 November 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2018/104
Original proposal JOIN(2017)36 EN
CELEX number i 32018D0104

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Key dates

Document 20-11-2017; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 26-01-2018; OJ L 23 p. 1-3
Effect 20-11-2017; Entry into force Date of document See Art 6
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

26.1.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 23/1
 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/104

of 20 November 2017

on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91, Article 100(2) and Articles 207 and 209, in conjunction with Article 218(5) and (7) and the second paragraph of Article 218(8) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

 

(1)

On 29 September 2015, the Council authorised the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to open negotiations with the Republic of Armenia on a framework agreement.
 

(2)

Those negotiations have been successfully concluded, and the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) was initialled on 21 March 2017.
 

(3)

Article 385 of the Agreement provides for the provisional application of the Agreement, in whole or in part, before its entry into force.
 

(4)

The Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union and applied in part on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force.
 

(5)

The signing of the Agreement on behalf of the Union and the provisional application of parts of the Agreement between the Union and the Republic of Armenia is without prejudice to the allocation of competences between the Union and its Member States in accordance with the Treaties,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The signing on behalf of the Union of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

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

Pending the completion of the procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement (1), in accordance with Article 385 of the Agreement and subject to the notifications provided for therein, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis between the Union and the Republic of Armenia, but only to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union’s competence, including matters falling within the Union’s competence to define and implement a common foreign and security policy:

 

(a)

Title I;
 

(b)

Title II: Articles 3, 4, 7 and 8;
 

(c)

Title III: Article 12, Article 14(1) and Article 15;
 

(d)

Title V:

 

(i)

Chapter 1 with the exception of point (a) of Article 38(3);
 

(ii)

Chapter 2 with the exception of the reference to nuclear safety in point (f) of Article 42(2) and of point (g) of Article 42(2);
 

(iii)

Chapter 3 with the exception of points (a), (c) and (e) of Article 46(1); and
 

(iv)

Chapters 7, 10, 14 and 21;
 

(e)

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