2003/46/EC: Council Decision of 22 January 2002 on the signing and the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on trade in textile products initialled in Brussels on 3 December 2001

Council Decision
of 22 January 2002
on the signing and the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on trade in textile products initialled in Brussels on 3 December 2001
(2003/46/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an Agreement on trade in textile products with the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
(2) The Agreement was initialled on 3 December 2001.
(3) Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Community.
(4) It is appropriate to apply this Agreement on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2002 pending the completion of the relevant procedures for its formal conclusion, subject to reciprocity,