Proposal for a Council Decision on a position to be taken by the European Union within the Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures set up by the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, as regards the adoption of its Rules of Procedure

The Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part was signed on 26 June 2012, and has been provisionally applied since 1 March 2013 with Peru, and since 1 August 2013 with Colombia.

Article 103 of the Agreement establishes a Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the ‘SPS Sub-committee’), which shall ensure and monitor the implementation of Chapter 5 of the Trade Agreement, which relates to Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, and consider any matter that could affect compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. The SPS Sub-committee shall adopt its working procedures at its first meeting.

The attached draft Council decision constitutes the proposal for a legal act approving the position to be taken by the European Union in the SPS Sub-committee, to adopt its Rules of Procedure.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)295: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:295:FIN

ESO: Background information: Relations between Peru and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-peru-and-the-european-union/

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