2005/196/EC: Council Decision of 21 February 2005 on the signing and provisional application 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 Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products
Date: 2005-02-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Ukraine, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

11.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 65/25

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 February 2005

on the signing and provisional application 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 Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products

(2005/196/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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)

The Commission has negotiated on behalf of
the
Community an agreement in the form of an Exchange
of Letters between the European Community and
Ukraine concerning the extension and amendment of
the Agreement on trade in textile products with Ukraine.

Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the
Agreement
the
Community.

signed on behalf of

should

be

It is appropriate to apply this Agreement on a provi-
sional basis as
from 1 January 2005 pending the
completion of the relevant procedures for its conclusion,
subject to reciprocity,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Subject to a possible conclusion at a later date, the President of
is hereby authorised to designate the person(s)
the Council
empowered to sign on behalf of
the
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the

the Community

European Community and Ukraine concerning the extension
and amendment of
the Agreement between the European
Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products.

Article 2

to reciprocity,

Subject
in the form of an
the Agreement
Exchange of Letters referred to in Article 1 shall be applied
on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2005 pending the
completion of the procedures for its conclusion.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 3

in accordance with the procedure
The Commission may,
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), adopt the
the Exchange of Letters
measures foreseen in point 6 of
signed on 19 December 2000 (2), 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
1.5 of the Exchange of Letters referred to in Article 1 of this
Decision.

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2005.

For the Council

J. ASSELBORN
The President

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2200/2004 (OJ L 374, 22.12.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 16, 18.1.2001, p. 3.