2008/870/EC: Council Decision of 13 October 2008 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Cuba pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union
Date: 2008-10-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, CCT duties, Cuba, European Community, GATT, Romania, accession to the European Union, common organisation of markets, exchange of information, trade agreement (EU)

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 13 October 2008

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Republic of Cuba pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the
schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European
Union

(2008/870/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

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)

authorised the
On 29 January 2007 the Council
Commission to open negotiations with certain other
Members of
the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994,
in the
to the European
the accessions
Community of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania.

the WTO under Article XXIV:6 of

course of

Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in
consultation with
by
Article 133 of the Treaty and within the framework of
the negotiating directives issued by the Council.

the Committee

established

an
The Commission has
Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Republic of
Cuba. The Agreement should be approved.

finalised negotiations

for

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
procedures for
implementing powers
the exercise of
conferred on the Commission (1),

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and the Republic of Cuba pursuant to
Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of
concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania in the course of their 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 detailed rules for implementing the Agreement shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (2).

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

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The President of the Council
Agreement
Community (1).

is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the
in the form of an Exchange of Letters referred to in Article 1 in order to bind the

Article 3

Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2008.

For the Council
The President

B. KOUCHNER

(1) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the

General Secretariat of the Council.