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United Kingdom
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DECISION No … OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL CONVENTION ON PAN-EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN
of …
as regards the request of Georgia to become a Contracting Party to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of originf1,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 5(1) of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (the ‘Convention’) provides that a third party may become a Contracting Party to the Convention, provided that the candidate country or territory has a free trade agreement in force, providing for preferential rules of origin, with at least one of the Contracting Parties.
(2)
Georgia submitted a written request for accession to the Convention to the depositary of the Convention on 23 September 2015.
(3)
Georgia has a free trade agreement in force with two Contracting Parties to the Convention, namely the European Union and the Republic of Turkey, and complies with the condition set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention to become a Contracting Party.
(4)
Point (b) of Article 4(3) of the Convention provides that the Joint Committee is to adopt by decision invitations to third parties to accede to the Convention,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at …,
For the Joint Committee
The Chair