Introductory text
United Kingdom
Council Decision (EU) 2016/2143
of 1 December 2016
on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the establishment of a Special Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other partf1 (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 15 October 2008, and has been provisionally applied since 29 December 2008.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 230(4) of the Agreement, the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee may set up and oversee any special committee to deal with matters falling within its competence.
(3)
In order to achieve the objectives laid down in Article 37 of the Agreement, a Special Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries should be established to deal more efficiently with matters related to agriculture and fisheries, as agreed in previous CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee meetings.
(4)
It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee with regard to the establishment of a Special Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries.
(5)
The position of the Union within the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: