Introductory text
United Kingdom
Council Decision (EU) 2018/760
of 14 May 2018
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with point (a)(v) of Article 218(6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliamentf1,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area provides that the Contracting Parties undertake to continue their efforts with a view to achieving progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade.
(2)
In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/2182f2 the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 4 December 2017, subject to its conclusion.
(3)
The Agreement should be approved,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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Consent of 17 April 2018 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
- f2
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Council Decision (EU) 2017/2182 of 20 November 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (OJ L 309, 24.11.2017, p. 1).