2000/1/EC: Council Decision of 17 December 1999 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Government of Vietnam on the prevention of fraud in trade in footwear products, and authorising its provisional application

COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 December 1999
on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Government of Vietnam on the prevention of fraud in trade in footwear products, and authorising its provisional application
(2000/1/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the European Community, a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Government of Vietnam on the prevention of fraud in trade in footwear products;
(2) The Memorandum of Understanding was initialled on 4 August 1999;
(3) The Memorandum of Understanding should be signed on behalf of the Community;
(4) It is necessary to apply the Memorandum of Understanding on a provisional basis from 1 January 2000, pending the completion of the relevant procedures for its formal conclusion, subject to reciprocity,