Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken in the Ministerial Council set up under the Treaty establishing the Transport Community

Background:

The English version of the TCT with the Western Balkans parties (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) was signed by all parties except Bosnia and Herzegovina in the framework of the Western Balkans Six summit summit that took place in Trieste on 12 July 2017, while Bosnia and Herzegovina signed the text on 18 September 2017 in Brussels. The other language versions of the TCT were signed by the parties on 9 October 2017.

At its first meeting, the Ministerial Council is to adopt a decision on the seat of the Secretariat. This decision will be essential for the timely implementation of the TCT. Indeed, the decision on the seat of the Secretariat is the first important milestone of the effective implementation of the TCT. The Secretariat will play a key role in supporting the implementation of the TCT and it is essential that it could be soon fully operational.

Following a preliminary political agreement reached by all regional partners, and should the European Union agree, the Ministerial Council is likely to reach the required consensus on Belgrade as the seat of the Secretariat.

This proposal concerns the decision establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Ministerial Council set up under the Treaty establishing the Transport Community (TCT) as regards the envisaged adoption of the decision on the seat of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)635: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:635:FIN

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