CELEX: 32008D0474
Language: en
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 16 June 2008 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part

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      (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)
                                            DECISIONS
                                             COUNCIL
                                       COUNCIL DECISION
                                            of 16 June 2008
                              concerning the signing and conclusion
                                     of the Interim Agreement
                                on trade and trade-related matters
                      between the European Community, of the one part,
                         and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part
                                             (2008/474/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in
conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, and Article 300(3), first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)      Pending the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
         European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and
         Herzegovina, of the other part, signed in Luxembourg on 16 June 2008, it is necessary to
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          approve the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European
          Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part (hereinafter
          referred to as the Agreement).
(2)       The commercial provisions contained in the Agreement are of an exceptional nature,
          connected with the policy implemented within the framework of the Stabilisation and
          Association Process and will not constitute, for the European Union, any precedent in the
          commercial policy of the Community with regard to third countries other than those of the
          Western Balkans.
(3)       The Agreement should therefore be signed and approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                   Article 1
The Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the
one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part, the Annexes and Protocols annexed
thereto, and the joint declaration and the declaration by the Community attached to the Final Act,
are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The texts referred to in the first paragraph are attached to this Decision.
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                                                Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered, on behalf
of the Community, to sign the Agreement and to deposit the instrument of approval provided for in
Article 58 of the Agreement.
Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2008.
                                               For the Council
                                               The President
                                               D. RUPEL
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