Introductory text
United Kingdom
Council Decision (EU) 2018/1714
of 6 November 2018
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Australia, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and the adoption of the terms of reference of its sub-committees and working groups
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 212(1), in conjunction with Article 218(9), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Australia, of the other partf1 (the ‘Agreement’) was signed in Manila on 7 August 2017 and it has been provisionally applied in part as of 4 October 2018.
(2)
Article 56(1) of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee, whose tasks include inter alia promoting the effective implementation of the Agreement.
(3)
Article 56(4) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee is to adopt its rules of procedure and that it may set up sub-committees and working groups to deal with specific issues.
(4)
The rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and the terms of reference of its sub-committees and working groups should be adopted as soon as possible, in order to ensure the effective implementation of the Agreement.
(5)
The position of the Union within the Joint Committee as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and the adoption of the terms of reference of its sub-committees and working groups should therefore be based on the attached draft Decisions of the Joint Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: