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

Between 11 and 19 June 2015 the second round of the Trade Committee and of the eight subcommittees took place in Bogotá, Colombia. The meetings marked the second year of the provisional application of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (hereafter the "Agreement") which started in March 2013 with Peru and in August 2013 with Colombia.

On 12 December 2014 the Protocol of Accession of Ecuador to the Agreement was initialled by the EU and Ecuador. Before submitting the Protocol to the respective internal ratification approval procedures, it needs to be approved by the Trade Committee established by the Agreement.

In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 (hereafter the "Regulation") 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 second such report.