Proposal for a Council Decision on the Union position to be adopted in the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee, the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee, and in the Geographical Indications 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 Ukraine, of the other part, in relation to the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Sanitary and Phytosan

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, was signed in Brussels on 27 June 2014 and its Title IV on Trade and Trade-Related Matters (DCFTA) is provisionally applied since 1 January 2016.

This proposal constitutes the legal instrument for authorising the Union position to be adopted in the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee, in the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee, 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 those Sub-Committees.

The Sub-Committees have to monitor the implementation of the DCFTA part of the Agreement, and resolve related issues. The first meetings of the Sub-Committees are expected to take place in the second half of 2016. The Rules of Procedure of these Sub-Committees, attached to this proposal, are based on the Rules of Procedure of the Association Committee.

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)656: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:656:FIN

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