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dossier COM(2008)374 - Community position within the EU/Mexico Joint Council concerning the amendments to the Joint Council Decision 2/2000, as ...
document COM(2008)374 EN
date July 22, 2008
26.7.2008   ENOfficial Journal of the European UnionL 198/55


DECISION No 2/2008 OF THE EU-MEXICO JOINT COUNCIL

of 25 July 2008

amending Joint Council Decision No 2/2000, as amended by Joint Council Decision No 3/2004

(2008/619/EC)

THE JOINT COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (1), (hereinafter the Agreement) signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997, and in particular Articles 5 and 10 in conjunction with Articles 47 and 56 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)Following the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania (hereinafter the new Member States) as of 1 January 2007, a Second Additional Protocol to the Agreement has been signed in Mexico on 29 November 2006 and entered into force on 1 March 2007 (2).

(2)Under these conditions it is necessary to adapt, with effect from the date at which the new Member States acceded to the Agreement, certain provisions of Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council (3) as amended by Joint Council Decision No 3/2004 (4), concerning trade in goods, certification of origin and government procurement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Contents

Article 1

1. Annex I to Joint Council Decision 2/2000 is hereby amended in accordance with the provisions set out in Annex I to this Decision.

2. This Article does not affect the content of the review clause set out in Article 10 of Joint Council Decision No 2/2000.

Article 2

Articles 17(4) and 18(2) and Appendix IV to Annex III to Joint Council Decision 2/2000 are hereby amended in accordance with the provisions of Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

1. The entities of the new Member States listed in Annex III to this Decision are hereby added to the relevant sections of Annex VI, Part B of Joint Council Decision 2/2000.

2. The publications of the new Member States listed in Annex IV to this Decision are hereby added to Part B of Annex XIII to Joint Council Decision 2/2000.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

It shall be applied with effect from the date on which the new Member States acceded to the Agreement.