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DECISION No … OF THE EU-UKRAINE SUB-COMMITTEE ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
of …
adopting its Rules of Procedure
THE EU-UKRAINE SUB-COMMITTEE ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS,
Having regard to 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 partf1, and in particular Article 211 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with 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’), parts of the Agreement, including subsection 3 (Geographical indications) of Section 2 of Chapter 9 (Intellectual property) of Title IV (Trade and trade-related matters), are applied provisionally as of 1 January 2016.
(2)
Article 211 of the Agreement provides that the Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications (‘GI Sub-Committee’) is to monitor the development of the Agreement in the field of geographical indications and to serve as a forum for cooperation and dialogue on geographical indications.
(3)
Article 211(2) of the Agreement provides that the GI Sub-Committee is to adopt its rules of procedure,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at …,
For the EU-Ukraine Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications
The Chair