Decision 2017/2422 - EU position within the Association Council EU-Georgia with regard to the adoption of the EU-Georgia Association Agenda

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Current status

This decision has been published on December 22, 2017 and entered into force on November  6, 2017.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2017/2422 of 6 November 2017 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part with regard to the adoption of the EU-Georgia Association Agenda
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2017/2422
Original proposal JOIN(2017)12 EN
CELEX number i 32017D2422

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Key dates

Document 06-11-2017; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 22-12-2017; OJ L 343 p. 64-66
Effect 06-11-2017; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

22.12.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 343/64

 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2017/2422

of 6 November 2017

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part with regard to the adoption of the EU-Georgia Association Agenda

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

 

(1)

The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 27 June 2014 and entered into force on 1 July 2016.

 

(2)

In accordance with Article 406(1) of the Agreement, the Association Council has the power to adopt recommendations, for the purposes of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

 

(3)

To facilitate the application of the Agreement, the Parties have agreed to establish an Association Agenda with a view to providing a list of priorities for their joint work on a sector-by-sector basis.

 

(4)

The Parties have agreed on an Association Agenda, which will prepare and facilitate the implementation of the Agreement. The Association Agenda will have to be adopted by the Association Council set up under the Agreement.

 

(5)

The Union position to be taken in the Association Council on the adoption of the EU-Georgia Association Agenda is to be adopted by the Council,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Association Council established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, with regard to the adoption of the EU-Georgia Association Agenda, shall be based on the draft Recommendation of the Association Council attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2017.

For the Council

The President

  • T. 
    TAMM
 

 

DRAFT

RECOMMENDATION No …/2017 OF THE EU- GEORGIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of

on the EU-Georgia Association Agenda

THE EU-GEORGIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part,

Whereas:

 

(1)

The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part (1), (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 27 June 2014 and entered into force on 1 July 2016.

 

(2)

In accordance with Article 406(1) of the Agreement, the Association Council has the power to adopt recommendations for the purposes of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

 

(3)

Pursuant to Article 420(1) of the Agreement, the Parties are to take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement and are to ensure that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.

 

(4)

The review of the European Neighbourhood Policy proposed a new phase of engagement with partners, allowing a greater sense of ownership by both sides.

 

(5)

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