Decision (EU) 2019/1260 on the position to be taken within the Trade Committee established by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea

Summary:

Council Decision of 15 July 2019 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the Union regarding proposed amendments to Appendices 2-C-2 and 2-C-3 of Annex 2-C of the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement.

Further information:

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, is the Union’s first new generation trade agreement and also the first concluded with an Asian country. The aim of the Agreement, which has been applied since 1 July 2011, is to boost bilateral trade and economic growth in both the EU and South Korea.

The Parties are required to review Appendices 2-C-2 and 2-C-3 of Annex 2-C to the Agreement no less than every three years from the entry into force of the Agreement, with a view to furthering the acceptance of products as set out in Annex 2-C, taking into account any regulatory developments that may have occurred internationally or in the Parties.

EUR-Lex: COM(2019)272: Proposal for a Decision on the position to be taken within the Trade Committee established by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2019:272:FIN

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