THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 486 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 (‘the Agreement’) provides for the provisional application of the Agreement in part.
(2)
Article 4 of Council Decision 2014/668/EU specifies the provisions of the Agreement to be applied provisionally. Those include the provisions on the establishment and functioning of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Management Sub-Committee (‘the SPS Sub-Committee’), the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee (‘the TSD Sub-Committee’), the Customs Sub-Committee and the Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications (‘the GI Sub-Committee’).
(3)
Article 74 of the Agreement provides that the SPS Sub-Committee is to establish its working procedures at the first meeting.
(4)
Article 300 of the Agreement provides that the TSD Sub-Committee is to establish its rules of procedure.
(5)
Article 83 of the Agreement provides that the Customs Sub-Committee is to establish its rules of procedure.
(6)
Article 211 of the Agreement provides that the GI Sub-Committee is to establish its rules of procedure.
(7)
It is appropriate to establish the positions to be adopted on the Union's behalf within the SPS Sub-Committee, the TSD Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee and the GI Sub-Committee with regard to the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of those Sub-Committees,
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