Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the Association Committee in Trade configuration established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other in relation to the update of Annexes XXI-A to XXI-P on regulatory approximation in the area of public procurement

The attached proposal for a Council Decision establishes the Union position:
- on a Decision of the Association Committee in Trade configuration of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part in relation to the update of Annexes XXI-A to XXI-P (related to Chapter 8 on public procurement) of the Agreement;
- on giving a favourable opinion by the Association Committee in Trade configuration on the comprehensive roadmap submitted by Ukraine in relation to the implementation of the Agreeement in the area of public procurement.

The Agreement was signed on 27 June 2014, and its Title IV "Trade and Trade Related Matters" (covering the provisions related to the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area) is provisionally applied since 1 January 2016. The update of the above-mentioned Annexes is necessary in order to reflect the evolution of the Union acquis in the area of public procurement that has taken place since the initialling of the Agreement on 30 March 2012. The proposal is consistent with the parties' obligations set out in Article 463 of the Agreement.

The favourable opinion by the Association Committee in Trade configuration on the roadmap is needed in order for Ukraine to streamline the legislative approximation in the area of public procurement as set out in Article 152 of the Agreement. This step is an integral part in the process of the implementation of the Agreement.

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)703: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:703:FIN

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