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United Kingdom

Council Decision (EU) 2019/104

of 22 May 2018

on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EU-Mexico Joint Council established under the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, as regards the amendment of Decisions No 2/2000 and No 2/2001 of the Joint Council to take account of 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, and in particular Article 91, Article 100(2), Articles 207 and 211, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

The Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part^f1 (the ‘Global Agreement’), was signed on 8 December 1997 and entered into force on 1 October 2000.

(2)

On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the United Mexican States for the Third Additional Protocol to the Global Agreement to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (the ‘Protocol’).

(3)

The negotiations were successfully concluded and in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2018/2024^f2, the Protocol was signed on 27 November 2018.

(4)

Articles 5, 6, 7, 10 and 47 of the Global Agreement empower the EU-Mexico Joint Council established under Article 45 of the Global Agreement (the ‘Joint Council’) to take decisions aimed at attaining the Global Agreement's objectives, and in particular to decide on the appropriate arrangements and timetable for trade in goods, trade in services and public procurement.

(5)

Because Croatia is a Party to the Global Agreement, it is necessary to adapt several provisions of:

Decision No 2/2000 of the Joint Council^f3, as amended by Decisions No 3/2004^f4 and No 2/2008^f5, concerning trade in goods, certification of origin and government procurement, and
Decision No 2/2001^f6, as amended by Decisions No 4/2004^f7 and No 3/2008^f8, to update the list of authorities responsible for financial services and those measures inconsistent with Articles 12 to 16 of Decision No 2/2001 that Croatia will maintain under Article 17(3) thereof.

(6)

The position of the Union within the Joint Council should therefore be based on the attached draft Decisions,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 276, 28.10.2000, p. 45.
f2: Council Decision (EU) 2018/2024 of 22 May 2018 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Third Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (OJ L 325, 20.12.2018, p. 1).
f3: Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000 (OJ L 157, 30.6.2000, p. 10).
f4: Decision No 3/2004 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 29 July 2004 amending Joint Council Decision No 2/2000 of 23 March 2000 (OJ L 293, 16.9.2004, p. 15).
f5: Decision No 2/2008 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council of 25 July 2008 amending Joint Council Decision No 2/2000, as amended by Joint Council Decision No 3/2004 (OJ L 198, 26.7.2008, p. 55).
f6: Decision No 2/2001 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council of 27 February 2001 implementing Articles 6, 9, 12(2)(b) and 50 of the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement (OJ L 70, 12.3.2001, p. 7).
f7: Decision No 4/2004 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council of 18 May 2005 amending Joint Council Decision No 2/2001 (OJ L 192, 22.7.2005, p. 35).
f8: Decision No 3/2008 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council of 15 December 2008 amending Joint Council Decision No 2/2001, as amended by Decision No 4/2004 (OJ L 137, 3.6.2009, p. 7).