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dossier	COM(2012)19 - Signature and provisional application of the Common Aviation Area Agreement with Moldova.
document	COM(2012)19
date	June 7, 2012

table>(1)The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Union and of the Member States a Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Republic of Moldova (the ‘Agreement’) in accordance with the Decision of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council of 16 June 2011 authorising the Commission to open negotiations.

(2)	The Agreement was initialled on 26 October 2011.

(3)	The Agreement should be signed and provisionally applied, subject to its conclusion.

(4)

Since the Agreement contains elements of both Union and Member States’ competence, in order to ensure close cooperation and unity in international relations, this Decision should be adopted jointly by the Council and the Member States. In addition, this Decision also aims to ensure a uniform application in respect of the Joint Committee set up under Article 22 of the Agreement.

(5)

The rules envisaged to ensure such close cooperation and unity should include clear guidance for representation ‘on the spot’, inter alia, by confirming the necessity of a joint and common approach. In the context of a mixed agreement, these rules should still fully respect Union procedures also as regards the establishment of the Union position and the representation of the Union within the Joint Committee,