Considerations on COM(2024)472 -

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dossier COM(2024)472 - .
document COM(2024)472
date October 18, 2024
 
(1) In accordance with Council Decision (EU) […], the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, was signed on […], subject to its conclusion,

(2) The Agreement constitutes an important step towards the increased political and economic engagement of the European Union in Central Asia. By strengthening political dialogue and improving cooperation in a broad range of areas, it will provide the basis for more effective bilateral engagement with the Republic of Uzbekistan,

(3) The Agreement should be approved on behalf of the European Union,

(4) The Commission should be authorised in accordance with Article 218(7) TFEU to determine the Union’s position in those areas where the bodies established by the Agreement have to take decisions of a technical nature that do not involve a wide margin of political appreciation,

(5) In accordance with the Treaties, it is for the Commission to ensure that the notification to the Republic of Uzbekistan provided for in Article 345 (paragraph 1) of the Agreement be made on behalf of the Union, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Agreement,

(6) In accordance with the Treaties, it is also for the Commission to ensure the notifications provided for in Articles 346 and 352 of the Agreement.