Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. Annual report on the implementation of the EU-Colombia/Peru Trade Agreement

On 26 June 2012, the EU signed a Trade Agreement (hereafter the Agreement) with Colombia and Peru. The Agreement has been provisionally applied since 1 March 2013 for Peru and 1 August 2013 for Colombia.

Since the start of the Agreement's application, the Commission provided to the Parliament and the Council information regarding its implementation, in particular during meetings of the dedicated monitoring group set up by the European Parliament's International Trade Committee. In accordance with the Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 the Commission committed to submit an annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application, implementation and fulfilment of obligations of the Agreement and the Regulation.

This is the first such Report. In line with Article 13(1) of the Regulation, it is structured in three parts:
- an overall assessment of trade flows;
- information on the activities of various bodies implementing the Agreement;
- information on the monitoring activities referred in the Regulation.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)718: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:718:FIN

ESO: Background information: Relations between Peru and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-peru-and-the-european-union/

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