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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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1486",
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  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2018/1486\nof 28 September 2018\non 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\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) was signed by the Union in accordance with Council Decision 2014/668/EU and entered into force on 1 September 2017.\n(2)\nPursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 39 of Protocol I to the Agreement (‘Protocol I’), the Customs Sub-Committee established under Article 83 of Chapter 5 of Title IV of the Agreement (‘the Customs Sub-Committee’) may adopt amendments to the provisions of that Protocol.\n(3)\nPursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 39 of Protocol I, the Customs Sub-Committee may also decide, following the accession of Ukraine to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (‘the Convention’), to replace the rules of origin set out in that Protocol by those appended to the Convention.\n(4)\nThe Convention lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties and entered into force in relation to the Union on 1 May 2012 and in relation to Ukraine on 1 February 2018.\n(5)\nThe Customs Sub-Committee is to adopt a Decision on the replacement of Protocol I, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which refers to the Convention.\n(6)\nIt is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Customs Sub-Committee as the Decision of the Customs Sub-Committee will be binding on the Union.\n(7)\nArticle 6 of the Convention provides that each Contracting Party is to take appropriate measures to ensure that the Convention is effectively applied. To that effect, Protocol I should be replaced by a new protocol which, with regard to the rules of origin, refers to the Convention.\n(8)\nThe position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the Customs Sub-Committee should therefore be based on the draft Decision attached to this Decision.\n(9)\nAs the Decision of the Customs Sub-Committee is to amend Protocol I, it should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.\n(10)\nWithin the Customs Sub-Committee, the Union is to be represented by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2014/668/EU of 23 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application 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, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (OJ L 278, 20.9.2014, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 54, 26.2.2013, p. 4."
    }
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