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United Kingdom

Council Decision (EU) 2018/1560

of 15 October 2018

establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee set up by the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d'Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of a Decision of the EPA Committee concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and in particular Articles 207 and 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d'Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’)^f1,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Union on 26 November 2008 pursuant to Council Decision 2009/156/EC^f2 and has been applied on a provisional basis since 3 September 2016.

(2)

The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Union was signed on 9 December 2011 and came into force on 1 July 2013.

(3)

The Republic of Croatia acceded to the Agreement on 8 November 2017 by depositing its Act of Accession.

(4)

Pursuant to Article 77 of the Agreement, the EPA Committee may decide on any amending measures which might be necessary following the accession of new Member States to the Union.

(5)

It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union with regard to the adoption of a Decision of the EPA Committee, at its annual meeting, regarding the amendments to the Agreement which are necessary following the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 59, 3.3.2009, p. 3.
f2: Council Decision 2009/156/EC of 21 November 2008 on the signature and provisional application of the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d'Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (OJ L 59, 3.3.2009, p. 1).