Proposal for a Council Decision on the Union position to be taken in the SPS Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee, and in the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and Georgia, in relation to the adoption of the rules of procedure of the SPS Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee, and the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee

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, was signed in Brussels on 27 June 2014 in the margins of the European Council.

Georgia ratified the Agreement on 18 July 2014 and completed, in parellel with the European Union, the requisite notification procedures within the same month. Consequently, certain provisions thereof are applied on a provisional basis starting from 1 September 2014, pending ratification by the EU Member States.

The attached proposal constitutes the legal instrument for authorising the Union position to be taken in the Sub-Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, in the Customs Sub-Committee, and in the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement, in relation to the adoption of the rules of procedure of these Committees.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)727: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:727:FIN

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