Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted within the EU-Moldova Association Council relating to the amendment to Annex XXVI to the EU-Moldova Association Agreement

The Association Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova was signed on 27 June 2014. Annex XXVI to that Agreement specifies that the Republic of Moldova shall carry out the approximation of its Customs Code with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code.

At the time of the signature of the Association Agreement, the Community Customs code was in application in the European Union. The Union Customs Code was adopted on 9 October 2013 as Regulation (EU) No 952/2013; on 1 May 2016 the substantive provisions of the latter came into application in the European Union, repealing the Community Customs Code.

The goal of Annex XXVI has been to assure that the Customs Code of the Republic of Moldova is in line with prevailing rules in the European Union. The differences in certain areas between the provisions of the Community Customs Code and its successor, the Union Customs Code, imply that that goal can only be achieved if the Republic of Moldova approximates its Customs Code with the latter.

At the 6 October 2016 meeting of the EU-Republic of Moldova Customs Subcommittee, it was agreed that the reference to the customs regulation in application in the European Union should therefore be updated. It was further agreed that the modification does not affect the deadline for the approximation as specified in Annex XXVI of the Association Agreement.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)269: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:269:FIN

---