Council Decision of 16 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (2014/492/EU)

Article 3 U.K.

1. Pending its entry into force, in accordance with Article 464 of the Agreement and subject to the notifications provided for therein, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied provisionally between the Union and the Republic of Moldova, but only to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union's competence, including matters falling withing the Union's competence to define and implement a common foreign and security policy:

(a) Title I;

(b) Title II: Articles 3, 4, 7 and 8;

(c) Title III: Articles 12 and 15;

(d) Title IV: Chapters 5, 9 and 12 (with the exception of point (h) of Article 68), Chapter 13 (with the exception of Article 71 to the extent that it concerns maritime governance and with the exception of points (b) and (e) of Article 73 and Article 74), Chapter 14 (with the exception of point (i) of Article 77), Chapter 15 (with the exception of points (a) and (e) of Article 81 and Article 82(2)), Chapter 16 (with the exception of Article 87, point (c) of Article 88 and points (a) and (b) of Article 89, to the extent that that point (b) concerns soil protection), Chapters 26 and 28, as well as Articles 30, 37, 46, 57, 97, 102 and 116;

(e) Title V (with the exception of Article 278 to the extent that it concerns criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, and with the exception of Articles 359 and 360 to the extent that they apply to administrative proceedings and review and appeal at Member State level);

(f) Title VI;

(g) Title VII (with the exception of Article 456(1), to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement as defined in this paragraph);

(h) Annexes II to XIII, Annexes XV to XXXV, as well as Protocols I to IV.

2. The date from which the Agreement will be provisionally applied will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.