Proposal for a Council Decision on the Union position to be taken in the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part

The attached proposal constitutes the legal instrument for authorising the Union position to be taken in the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, in relation to the adoption, respectively, of the rules of procedure of the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee and of a list of individuals who are willing and able to serve as experts in panel procedures on trade and sustainable development.

On 16 June 2014, the Council adopted its decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, and provisional application of certain provisions of the Agreement, including its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) part. Subsequently, the Agreement was signed in Brussels on 27 June 2014.

The Republic of Moldova ratified the Agreement on 2 July 2014 and completed, in parallel with the European Union, the requisite notification procedures within the same month. Consequently, in accordance with Article 464 of the Agreement, certain provisions thereof are applied on a provisional basis starting from 1 September 2014, pending ratification by the EU Member States.

The Agreement established a specific Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee, which monitors the implementation of the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of the DCFTA. In accordance with Article 376 of the Agreement, the Sub-Committee has to adopt its rules of procedure. Furthermore, in accordance with Article 379 of the Agreement, that Sub-Committee is to adopt, at its first meeting, a list of individuals to serve as experts in panel procedures on trade and sustainable development. The first meeting of that Sub-Committee is intended to take place in June-July 2015.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)197: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:197:FIN

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