Council Decision of 23 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 Ukraine, of the other part, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (2014/668/EU)

Article 4 U.K.

Pending its entry into force, and in accordance with Article 486 of the Agreement and subject to the notifications provided for therein, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis between the Union and Ukraine(1), but only to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union's competence:

• Title III: Articles 14 and 19,

• Title IV (with the exception of Article 158, to the extent that that Article concerns criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights; and with the exception of Articles 285 and 286, to the extent that those Articles apply to administrative proceedings, review and appeal at Member State level).

  The provisional application of Article 279 shall not affect the sovereign rights of the Member States over their hydrocarbon resources in accordance with international law, including their rights and obligations as Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

  Provisional application of Article 280(3) by the Union shall not affect the existing delineation of competences between the Union and its Member States in respect of the granting of authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbon,

• Title V: Chapter 1 (with the exception of Article 338(k) and Articles 339 and 342), Chapter 6 (with the exception of Articles 361, Article 362(1)(c), Article 364, and points (a) and (c) of Article 365), Chapter 7 (with the exception of Article 368(3) and points (a) and (d) of Article 369(2)), Chapters 12 and 17 (with the exception of Article 404(h)), Chapter 18 (with the exception of Article 410(b) and Article 411), Chapters 20, 26 and 28, as well as Articles 353 and 428,

• Title VI,

• Title VII (with the exception of Article 479(1)), to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement in accordance with this Article,

• Annexes I to XXVI, Annex XXVII (with the exception of nuclear issues), Annexes XXVIII to XXXVI (with the exception of point 3 in Annex XXXII),

• Annexes XXXVIII to XLI, Annexes XLIII and XLIV, as well as Protocols I to III.

[F1 As regards the relevant provisions of Titles III, V, VI and VII, and the related Annexes and Protocols, the notification concerning the provisional application pursuant to Article 486 of the Agreement shall be made without delay.

As regards the relevant provisions of Title IV, and the related Annexes and Protocols, the notification pursuant to Article 486 of the Agreement shall be made so that provisional application takes effect on 1 January 2016 .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Council Decision of 29 September 2014 amending Decision 2014/668/EU 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 Ukraine, of the other part, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (2014/691/EU).

(1)

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.

(2)

The reference in point (c) of Article 369 to the ‘development of funding strategies focusing on maintenance, capacity constraints and missing link infrastructure’ does not create any funding obligations on Member States.