2005/929/EC: Council Decision of  13 December 2005  on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Korea pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
Date: 2005-12-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: GATT, South Korea, accession to the European Union, customs tariff

23.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/61

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 13 December 2005

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Republic of Korea pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

(2005/929/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
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)

On 22 March 2004 the Council
authorised the
Commission to open negotiations with certain other
the World Trade Organisation under
Members of
Article XXIV:6 of
the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accessions
the
to the European Union of
the
Republic of Estonia,
the
Republic of Latvia,
Republic of Hungary,
the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the
Slovak Republic.

the Czech Republic,
the Republic of Cyprus,
the Republic of Lithuania,
the Republic of Malta,

Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in
consultation with the Committee established by Article
133 of
the
negotiating directives issued by the Council.

the Treaty and within the framework of

finalised negotiations

an
The Commission has
Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Republic of
Korea pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of
the GATT 1994. The said Agreement should therefore be
approved, in the form of an Exchange of Letters,

for

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and the Republic of Korea pursuant
to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 with
respect to the withdrawal of specific concessions in relation
to the withdrawal of the schedules of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of
Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of
their
accession to the European Union,
is hereby approved on
behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters 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 order to
bind the Community (1).

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2005.

For the Council
The President

J. GRANT

(1) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in

the Official Journal of the European Union.