2007/444/EC: Council Decision of 22 February 2007 on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 Negotiations
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Canada, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), customs territory (EU), tariff quota

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 February 2007

on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of
Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 Negotiations

(2007/444/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article XXIV:6 Negotiations. The Agreement should be
approved.

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,

(4)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council
Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
implementing powers
the exercise of
procedures for
conferred on the Commission (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the WTO under Article XXIV:6 of

On 22 March 2004 the Council
authorised the
Commission to open negotiations with certain other
Members of
the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT),
in the course of the accessions to the European Union of
the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic
the Republic of
of Cyprus,
Lithuania,
the Republic of
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia
and the Slovak Republic.

the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Hungary,

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

The Commission has
an
Agreement between the European Community and the
Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT

finalised negotiations

for

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the
Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article
XXIV:6 Negotiations with respect to the withdrawal of specific
concessions in relation to the withdrawal of the schedules of the
the Republic of
the Republic of Estonia,
Czech Republic,
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 accession to the European Union, is hereby approved
on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for implementing
the Agreement in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 3(2) of this Decision.

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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Article 3

3.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 25 of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the
common organisation of the market in cereals (1) or by the
relevant committee instituted by the corresponding Article of
the Regulation for the common market organisation for the
product concerned.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at one month.

Article 4

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement referred to in
Article 1 in order to bind the Community.

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. MÜNTEFERING

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.