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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1486",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2018/1486 of 28 September 2018 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Customs Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards the replacement of Protocol I to that Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which refers to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin",
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  "text": "DRAFT\nDECISION No …/2018 OF THE EU-UKRAINE CUSTOMS SUB-COMMITTEE\nof …\nreplacing Protocol I to the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation\nTHE EU-UKRAINE CUSTOMS SUB-COMMITTEE,\nHaving regard to the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, and in particular Article 26(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to Protocol I to the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 26(2) of the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) refers to Protocol I to the Agreement (‘Protocol I’) for the rules of origin.\n(2)\nThe Agreement entered into force on 1 September 2017.\n(3)\nArticle 39 of Protocol I provides that the Customs Sub-Committee established under Article 83 of Chapter 5 of Title IV of the Agreement may decide to amend the provisions of that Protocol and replace the rules of origin set out in that Protocol.\n(4)\nThe Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (‘the Convention’) aims to replace the protocols on rules of origin currently in force in the countries of the pan-Euro-Mediterranean area with a single legal act.\n(5)\nThe European Union signed the Convention on 15 June 2011. On 16 May 2017, the Joint Committee established under Article 3(1) of the Convention decided that Ukraine should be invited to accede to the Convention.\n(6)\nThe European Union deposited its instrument of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 26 March 2012. Ukraine deposited its instrument of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 19 December 2017. As a consequence, in application of Article 10(2) and (3) thereof, the Convention entered into force in relation to the Union on 1 May 2012 and in relation to Ukraine on 1 February 2018.\n(7)\nProtocol I should therefore be replaced by a new protocol which refers to the Convention,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:\nDone at …,\nFor the EU-Ukraine Customs Sub-Committee\nThe Chairman",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 54, 26.2.2013, p. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Decision No 1/2017 of the Joint Committee of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin of 16 May 2017 as regards the request of Ukraine to become a Contracting Party to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin [2017/1367] (OJ L 191, 22.7.2017, p. 11)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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