Legal provisions of COM(2016)771 - Conclusion of the Agreement with Chile on trade in organic products

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dossier COM(2016)771 - Conclusion of the Agreement with Chile on trade in organic products.
document COM(2016)771 EN
date October  9, 2017

Contents

Article 1

1. The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

2. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in the first paragraph of Article 15 of the Agreement (3).

Article 3

The Commission shall represent the Union in the Joint Committee.

Article 4

Amendments to the lists of products in Annexes I and II to the Agreement made in accordance with point (b) of Article 8(3) of the Agreement shall be approved by the Commission on behalf of the Union.

Before the Commission approves such amendments, it shall inform the representatives of the Member States of the anticipated position of the Union by providing an information document setting out the results of the equivalence assessment carried out with regard to the new or updated list of products in Annex I or II, including:

(a)the list of products concerned, together with an indication of the expected quantities for export to the Union;

(b)the production rules applied to the products concerned in the Republic of Chile, together with an indication of how any substantial difference with the relevant Union provisions has been resolved;

(c)if relevant, the new or updated control system applied to the products concerned, together with an indication of how any substantial difference with the relevant Union provisions has been resolved;

(d)any other information deemed relevant by the Commission.

Where a number of representatives of the Member States representing a blocking minority in accordance with the second subparagraph of point (a) of Article 238(3) of the Treaty object, the Commission shall make a proposal in accordance with Article 218(9) of the Treaty.

Article 5

Any decision of the Union to unilaterally suspend, in accordance with Article 3(4) and (5) of the Agreement, the recognition of equivalence of the laws and regulations listed in Annex IV to the Agreement, including the updated and consolidated versions of those laws and regulations as referred to in Annex V to the Agreement, shall be taken by the Commission.

Before the Commission takes such a decision, it shall inform the representatives of the Member States in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4 of this Decision.

Article 6

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2018.