2001/33/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2000 on the signing of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine concerning the extension and amendment of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products initialled on 5 May 1993, as last amended by the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters initialled on 15 October 1999 and authorising its provisional application
Date: 2000-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Ukraine, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

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COUNCIL

Council Decision

of 19 December 2000

on the signing of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and Ukraine concerning the extension and amendment of the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products initialled on 5 May
1993, as last amended by the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters initialled on
15 October 1999 and authorising its provisional application

(2001/33/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the
The Commission has negotiated on behalf of
Community a bilateral Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters to extend and amend the existing
Agreement
Economic
the
Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products (1)
and Protocols thereto.

European

between

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
was initialled on 2 October 2000.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
should be signed on behalf of the Community.

This Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
should (cid:151) considering the provisions on increases of
quotas in 2000 (cid:151) be applied on a provisional basis as
soon as possible before the end of 2000, pending
completion of
the relevant procedures for its formal
conclusion, subject to reciprocity,

(1) OJ L 123, 17.5.1994, p. 718.

Article 1

The signature of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Community and Ukraine
concerning the extension and amendment of the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and Ukraine on
trade in textile products initialled on 5 May 1993, as last
amended by the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters initialled on 15 October 1999, is hereby approved on
behalf of the European Community, subject to the Council
Decision concerning the conclusion of the said Agreement.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters on behalf of the Community, subject to
its conclusion.

Article 3

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters shall be
from 1 November 2000
applied on a provisional basis
pending its
to reciprocal
formal conclusion and subject
provisional application of the Exchange of Letters by Ukraine.

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adopt the measures provided for in point 6 of this Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters, consisting of reinstating
the quota-regime applicable during the year 2000 in case of
non-application by Ukraine of
the tariff rates described in
paragraph 4 of this Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters.

Done at Brussels, 19 december 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. GLAVANY

Article 4

The Commission,

1.
in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of
certain textile products from third countries (1), may suspend
the application of
the double-checking regime to certain
products, after consultations with Ukraine under Article 2(1),
last
the Agreement on trade in textile
products, as amended by point 3.4 of this Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters.

subparagraph of

2.
The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1987/2000 (OJ L 237, 21.9.2000,
p. 24).