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Council Decision of 24 July 2012 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation relating to the preservation of commitments on trade in services contained in the current EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (2012/434/EU)

EU Decision 2012/434 · Adopted 24 July 2012 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision

of 24 July 2012

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation relating to the preservation of commitments on trade in services contained in the current EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

(2012/434/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91 and Article 100(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Council Decision 2012/107/EUf1, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation relating to the preservation of commitments on trade in services contained in the current EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 16 December 2011, subject to its conclusion.

(2)

The Agreement should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 57, 29.2.2012, p. 43.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature

1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation relating to the preservation of commitments on trade in services contained in the current EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement is hereby approved on behalf of the Unionf1.

2

The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, to make the notification provided for in the Agreement in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Agreementf1.

3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2012.

For the Council

The President

A. D. Mavroyiannis