Introductory text
United Kingdom
Council Decision (EU) 2015/836
of 11 May 2015
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union concerning the adoption of a Decision by the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit and a Decision by the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on simplification of formalities in trade in goods as regards invitations to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to accede to the Convention on a common transit procedure and the Convention on simplification of formalities in trade in goods
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 15(3) of the Convention between the European Economic Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit proceduref1 (the ‘Convention on a common transit procedure’) empowers the Joint Committee set up by that Convention to adopt, by decision, invitations to third countries within the meaning of Article 3(1)(c) to accede to that Convention in accordance with Article 15a.
(2)
Article 11(3) of the Convention between the European Economic Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on the simplification of formalities in trade in goodsf2 (the ‘Convention on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods’) empowers the Joint Committee set up by that Convention to adopt, by decision, invitations to third countries within the meaning of Article 1(2) to accede to that Convention in accordance with Article 11a.
(3)
It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union's behalf within those Joint Committees as regards decisions to invite the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to accede to those Conventions.
(4)
The position of the Union within those Joint Committees should therefore be based on the attached draft Decisions,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: