Legal provisions of COM(2008)372 - Community position within the EU/Mexico Joint Council concerning the amendments to the Joint Council Decision 2/2001

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dossier COM(2008)372 - Community position within the EU/Mexico Joint Council concerning the amendments to the Joint Council Decision 2/2001.
document COM(2008)372 EN
date July 22, 2008
3.6.2009   ENOfficial Journal of the European UnionL 137/7


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

(2009/421/EC)

THE JOINT COUNCIL,

Having regard 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, (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’) signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997 (1), and in particular Article 6 in conjunction with Article 47 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)Following the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (hereinafter the ‘new Member States’) as of 1 January 2007, a Second Additional Protocol to the Agreement was signed in Mexico on 29 November 2006 and entered into force on 1 March 2007 (2).

(2)In these circumstances, it is necessary to adapt, with effect from the date on which the new Member States acceded to the Agreement, Annex I to Joint Council Decision No 2/2001 of 27 February 2001, as amended by Joint Council Decision No 4/2004 of 18 May 2005, in order to include the authorities responsible for financial services in the new Member States and the measures inconsistent with Articles 12 to 16 of Decision No 2/2001 that they will maintain until Article 17(3) thereof is implemented. This adaptation also provides an opportunity for updating the list of authorities responsible for financial services, established in Annex II to Joint Council Decision No 2/2001 of 27 February 2001, as amended by Joint Council Decision No 4/2004 of 18 May 2005,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Contents

Article 1

Annex I, part A, to Joint Council Decision No 2/2001 of 27 February 2001, as amended by Joint Council Decision No 4/2004 of 18 May 2005, shall be replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

Annex II, part A and part B, to Joint Council Decision No 2/2001, as amended by Decision No 4/2004, shall be replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date on which it is adopted. It shall apply from the date on which the new Member States acceded to the Agreement.