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Council Decision (EU) 2018/641 of 17 April 2018 on the position to be adopted on the behalf of the European Union within the EU-Algeria Association Committee as regards the modification of the conditions of application of the preferential tariffs for agricultural products and processed agricultural products set out in Article 14 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2018/641 |
| Original proposal | COM(2018)30  |
| CELEX number i | 32018D0641 |
| Document | 17-04-2018; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 26-04-2018; OJ L 106 p. 17-22 |
| Effect | 17-04-2018; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
26.4.2018 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 106/17 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/641
of 17 April 2018
on the position to be adopted on the behalf of the European Union within the EU-Algeria Association Committee as regards the modification of the conditions of application of the preferential tariffs for agricultural products and processed agricultural products set out in Article 14 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part
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(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part (1) (the ‘Association Agreement’), was signed on 22 April 2002 and entered into force on 1 September 2005. |
(2) |
In view of the difficulties faced by the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (‘Algeria’) in dismantling customs duties for agricultural products and processed agricultural products, the Union and Algeria reached an agreement on the acceptable modifications to the basic duties, quantities and schedule established initially for dismantling tariffs, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Protocol Nos 2 and 5 to the Association Agreement. |
(3) |
Article 16 of the Association Agreement provides for the potential unilateral modification of the agreed tariff arrangements subject to certain conditions. However, the Party making the modification is to accord imports originating in the other Party a comparable advantage. In accordance with Article 16(2) of the Association Agreement, the EU-Algeria Association Committee (the ‘Association Committee’) is to meet to take due account of the interests of that other Party. By virtue of Article 97 of the Association Agreement, the Association Committee has the power to take decisions for the management of that Agreement. It is appropriate for the Association Committee to adopt a decision on the modifications envisaged. |
(4) |
It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union's behalf within the Association Committee, given that the decision of the Association Committee is binding on the Union, in accordance with Article 97 of the Association Agreement, and that it will have a decisive influence on the content of Union law, in particular on Protocols Nos 2 and 5 to the Association Agreement, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be adopted on the Union's behalf within the EU-Algeria Association Committee as regards the modification of the conditions of application of the preferential tariffs for agricultural products and processed agricultural products set out in Article 14 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, shall be based on the draft Decision of the Association Committee attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The Decision of the Association Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union once it has been adopted.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 17 April 2018.
For the Council
The President
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E.ZAHARIEVA
DRAFT
DECISION … OF THE EU-ALGERIA ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE
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