CELEX: 52000PC0829
Language: en
Date: 2000-12-08
Title: Proposal for a Council Decicion on the Community position within the EC-Mexico Joint Council

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52000PC0829

Proposal for a Council Decicion on the Community position within the EC-Mexico Joint Council  /* COM/2000/0829 final */  

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION  on the Community position within the EC-Mexico Joint Council(presented by the Commission)EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM1. Decision No. 2/2000 was adopted by the EC-Mexico Joint Council on 23 March 2000 and, pursuant to Article 49 thereof, entered into force of 1st July 2000.2. Title III of this Decision contains the arrangements and timetable for the gradual and mutual opening of agreed government procurement markets between the EC and Mexico. Article 38(3) however provides that this Title shall only enter into force once the Joint Council - upon recommendation of the Special Committee on Government Procurement established in this Decision - will have determined that the Parties have exchanged illustrative information on their respective government enterprise markets, in accordance with the format contained in Annex XIV to this Decision.3. The Special Committee on Government Procurement reviewed the statistical information submitted by the Community and Mexico in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 38(2) of Decision No. 2/2000.4. The Special Committee adopted the recommendation provided for in Article 38(3). In this recommendation, it suggests the Joint Council to determine that this information has been exchanged in accordance with Annex XIV, so that Title III could enter into force on the date of that determination.5. For that purpose, the Commission therefore proposes to the Council to adopt the attached Community position within the EC-Mexico Joint Council.Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the Community position within the EC-Mexico Joint CouncilTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNIONHaving regard to the proposal from the CommissionHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Sole ArticleThe Community shall approve, within the EC-Mexico Joint Council, the Recommendation by the Special Committee on Government Procurement which is attached as annex 1.Done at Brussels,For the CouncilThe PresidentANNEXRecommendation No. 1/2000 of the Special Committee  established under Article 32 of Decision No. 2/2000The Special Committee on Government Procurement,Having reviewed the statistical information submitted by the Community and Mexico in accordance with Article 38(2) of Decision No. 2/2000.RECOMMENDS THAT(1) The Joint Council determine that the information referred to in Article 38(2) has been exchanged in accordance with Annex XIV.(2) Title III of the Decision No. 2/2000 enter into force on the date of that determination.