2007/37/EC: Council Decision of 22 January 2007 on the signing and the provisional application of a bilateral 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: 2007-01-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Ukraine, bilateral agreement, interim agreement (EU), signature of an agreement, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

24.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 17/17

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 January 2007

on the signing and the provisional application of a bilateral 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

(2007/37/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

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)

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.

This bilateral Agreement should be applied on a provi-
sional basis
as of 1 January 2007, pending the
completion of procedures required for its conclusion,
subject
to the reciprocal provisional application by
Ukraine.

(3)

The proposed agreement should be signed on behalf of
the Community,

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 European Community
the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the
the
European Community
the Agreement between the
extension and amendment of
European Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products.

and Ukraine

concerning

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters is attached hereto. The Agreement shall be applied on
a provisional basis as from 1 January 2007, pending the
completion of procedures
its conclusion and
subject to a reciprocal provisional application by Ukraine.

required for

Article 3

The Commission may,
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), adopt the
measures foreseen in point 6 of
the Exchange of Letters
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
2.2 of the Exchange of Letters referred to in Article 1 of this
Decision.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

It shall enter into force on the day following its publication in
the Official Journal.

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2007.

For the Council
The President

F.-W. STEINMEIER

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/2006 (OJ L 7, 12.1.2006, p. 8).

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