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Council Decision (EU) 2019/2208 of 9 December 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Protocol No. 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 2019/2208 |
| Original proposal | COM(2019)341  |
| CELEX number i | 32019D2208 |
| Document | 09-12-2019; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 23-12-2019; OJ L 332 p. 19-151 |
| Effect | 09-12-2019; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
23.12.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 332/19 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/2208
of 9 December 2019
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Protocol No. 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 Ghana, 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 on 28 July 2016 pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2016/1850 (1) and has been applied on a provisional basis since 15 December 2016. |
(2) |
Pursuant to Article 14 of the Agreement, the Parties are to establish a common and reciprocal regime governing rules of origin. This new regime is to be annexed to the Agreement by decision of the EPA Committee. |
(3) |
The EPA Committee, at its annual meeting in 2019, is to adopt a decision as regards Protocol No. 1 to the Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and the methods of administrative cooperation. |
(4) |
Protocol No. 1 takes into account the most recent developments to provide more flexible and simpler rules of origin aiming at facilitating trade for economic operators and optimising the utilisation rate 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 at the next meeting of the EPA Committee, as that decision will be binding on the Union. |
(6) |
The position of the Union within the EPA Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the 2019 annual meeting of the EPA Committee set up by the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, 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 No. 1 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
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 9 December 2019.
For the Council
The President
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J.BORRELL FONTELLES
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Council Decision (EU) 2016/1850 of 21 November 2008 on the signature and provisional application of the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (OJ L 287, 21.10.2016, p. 1).
DRAFT
DECISION No …/2019 OF THE EPA COMMITTEE
established by the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other,
of … 2019
on the adoption of Protocol No. 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
THE EPA COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), signed on 28 July 2016, and provisionally...
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