Legal provisions of COM(2003)733 - Provisional application of the trade and trade related provisions of the association agreement with their Member States on the one part, and Egypt, on the other part - Main contents
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document | COM(2003)733 ![]() |
date | December 19, 2003 |
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2003/913/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2003 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the trade and trade-related provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part
Official Journal L 345 , 31/12/2003 P. 0113 - 0114
Council Decision
of 19 December 2003
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the trade and trade-related provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part
(2003/913/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pending the entry into force of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, signed on 25 June 2001, the Community and Egypt have undertaken to adopt procedures for the provisional application of its trade and trade-related provisions.
(2) The trade and trade-related provisions provisionally applied will replace the relevant provisions of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt(1), signed on 18 January 1977 and the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt(2), signed in Brussels on 18 January 1977.
(3) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(3).
(4) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters should therefore be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
Article 3
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
3. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.