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**Council of the**
**European Union**

**Interinstitutional File:**

**2020/0164(NLE)**

**COVER NOTE**

**Brussels, 10 August 2020**
**(OR. en)**

**10103/20**
**ADD 1**

**COEST 152**
**WTO 131**
**UD 124**

From: Secretary-General of the European Commission,
signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU, Director

date of receipt: 5 August 2020

To: Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN, Secretary-General of the Council
of the European Union

No. Cion doc.: COM(2020) 357 final

Subject: ANNEX to the Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be
taken on behalf of the European Union in the Association Committee
meeting in trade configuration established by 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, concerning the update of Annex XIII
(Approximation of customs legislation) to the Agreement

Delegations will find attached document COM(2020) 357 final - Annex.

Encl.: COM(2020) 357 final

10103/20 ADD 1 AVI/mm

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COMMISSION

**ANNEX**

**to the**

Brussels, 5.8.2020
COM(2020) 357 final

ANNEX

**Proposal for a Council Decision**

**on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Association**
**Committee meeting in trade configuration established by 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, concerning the update of**

**Annex XIII (Approximation of customs legislation) to the Agreement**

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**ATTACHMENT**

**DECISION NO …/2020 OF THE EU-GEORGIA ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN**

**TRADE CONFIGURATION**

**of xx.xx.2020**

**on amending Annex XIII (Approximation of Customs legislation) to Chapter 5 of 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 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 84 and 465(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(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 in July
2016.

(2) The Preamble to 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 as well as to achieving economic
integration through extensive regulatory approximation.

(3) In accordance with Article 75 of the Agreement, Georgia undertook a commitment to
approximate to EU customs legislation as set out in Annex XIII to the Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

_Article 1_

Annex XIII (Approximation of customs legislation) to the Agreement is hereby replaced by
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 day of its adoption.

Done at …,

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_For the Association Committee_

_in Trade configuration_

_The Chair_ _The secretaries_

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**ANNEX**

ANNEX XIII TO CHAPTER 5

**APPROXIMATION OF CUSTOMS LEGISLATION**

**Customs Code**

**Council Regulation No 952/2013 of 9 October 2013 establishing the Union Customs Code**
**(UCC)**

Timetable: the approximation with the provisions of the above mentioned Regulation, with
the exception of Articles 1, 4, 27(1)(b), 53, 81, 82, 87(4), 89(2)(a), Articles 155 to 157,
Articles 211(4)(b), 227, 233(1)(c) and Articles 284 to 288, shall be carried out within four
years following the entry into force of this Agreement

The Parties shall revisit the approximation of Articles 210 UCC – Special procedures – before
the expiry of timeframe for approximation as set out above.

Approximation with Article 247 shall take place on a best endeavor basis.

**Common Transit and Single Administrative Document (SAD)**

Convention of 20 May 1987 on the Simplification of Formalities in Trade in Goods
Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure

Timetable: the approximation with the provisions of the above mentioned Conventions,
including through a possible accession to those Conventions by Georgia, shall be carried out
within four years following the entry into force of this Agreement.

**Reliefs from customs duty**

Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 of 16 November 2009 setting-up a Community
system of reliefs from customs duty

Timetable: the approximation with Titles I and II of the above mentioned Regulation shall be
carried out within four years following the entry into force of this Agreement.

**Intellectual property rights protection**

Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013
concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights

Timetable: the approximation with the provisions of the above mentioned Regulation, with
the exception of Article 26, shall be carried out within three years following the entry into
force of this Agreement. The obligation on approximation to Regulation No 608/2013 in itself
does not create any obligation on Georgia to apply measures where a right in intellectual
property is not protected under its substantive intellectual property laws and regulations.

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