Decision 2019/1355 - EU position in the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement with Côte d’Ivoire, as regards the adoption of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation - Main contents
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Council Decision (EU) 2019/1355 of 15 July 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2019/1355 |
| Original proposal | COM(2019)148  |
| CELEX number i | 32019D1355 |
| Document | 15-07-2019; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 26-08-2019; OJ L 222 p. 1-205 |
| Effect | 15-07-2019; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
26.8.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 222/1 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/1355
of 15 July 2019
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(3) and (4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) was signed on behalf of the Union in Abidjan on 26 November 2008 pursuant to Council Decision 2009/156/EC (1) and has been applied on a provisional basis since 3 September 2016. |
(2) |
Pursuant to Article 14 of the Agreement, and in order to benefit from the preferential treatment provided for in the Agreement, the parties to the Agreement are to establish a reciprocal common regime governing the rules of origin, which is to form an integral part of the Agreement by a decision of the EPA Committee. |
(3) |
At its annual meeting in 2019, the EPA Committee is to adopt a decision as regards Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and the methods of administrative cooperation. |
(4) |
Protocol 1 provides for further simplification of the rules of origin and takes into account the most recent developments in order to provide more flexible and simpler rules of origin, with a view to facilitating trade for economic operators and to optimising the use of the preferential treatment provided for in the Agreement. |
(5) |
It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the 2019 annual meeting of the EPA Committee, as that decision will be binding on the Union. |
(6) |
The position of the Union in the APE Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the 2019 annual meeting of the EPA Committee set up by the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of a decision of the EPA Committee on Protocol 1 to the Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, shall be based on the draft decision of the EPA Committee attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The Decision will enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 15 July 2019.
For the Council
The President
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F.MOGHERINI
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Council Decision 2009/156/EC of 21 November 2008 on the signature and provisional application of the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (OJ L 59, 3.3.2009, p. 1).
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DECISION No … /2019 OF THE EPA COMMITTEE
established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d'Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part
of …
as regards the adoption of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
THE EPA COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the stepping stone...
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