Decision (EU) 2017/2242 authorising the opening of negotiations to amend the International Sugar Agreement 1992

Summary:

Council Decision of 30 November 2017 authorising the European Commission, on behalf of the Union, to open negotiations regarding the revision of the International Sugar Agreement 1992.

Further information:

The International Sugar Agreement 1992 entered into force on 1 January 1993 for a period of three years until 31 December 1995. Since then it has been regularly extended for further periods of two years. The Agreement was last extended by decision of the International Sugar Council in November 2017 and remains in force until 31 December 2019.

The purpose of this Decision is to establish the position to be adopted within the International Sugar Council and the Administrative Committee of the International Sugar Organization (ISO), as well as in any possible other ad hoc bodies that the ISO may set up to discuss possible amendments, in connection with the envisaged revision of the Agreement.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)656: Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations to amend the International Sugar Agreement 1992 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2017:656:FIN

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