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| 7.7.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 240/3 |

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DECISION No 1/2021 OF THE EU-GEORGIA ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN TRADE CONFIGURATION

of 17 June 2021

updating Annex XIII (Approximation of customs legislation) to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part [2021/1114]

THE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN TRADE CONFIGURATION,

Having regard to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, and in particular Article 75 and Article 406(3) thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part ('the Agreement') was signed on 27 June 2014 and entered into force on 1 July 2016. |

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| (2) | The Preamble of the Agreement recognises the Parties' desire to move the reform and approximation process forward in Georgia, thus contributing to the gradual economic integration and deepening of political association and to achieving economic integration through extensive regulatory approximation. |

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| (3) | In accordance with Article 75 of the Agreement, Georgia undertook a commitment to gradually approximate to the Union's customs legislation as set out in Annex XIII (Approximation of customs legislation) to the Agreement. |

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| (4) | Considering that the Union acquis listed in Annex XIII (Approximation of customs legislation) to the Agreement substantially evolved since the conclusion of the negotiations on the Agreement, that evolution should be reflected in that Annex, |

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XIII (Approximation of customs legislation) to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision has been established in Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Georgian languages, each of them being equally authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 17 June 2021.

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