Legal provisions of COM(2018)311 - Authorisation top open negotiations with a view to apportioning the EU's WTO concessions on Tariff Rate Quotas annexed to the 1994 GATT in view of Brexit

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dossier COM(2018)311 - Authorisation top open negotiations with a view to apportioning the EU's WTO concessions on Tariff Rate Quotas annexed to ...
document COM(2018)311 EN
date May 22, 2018

Contents

Article 1

The Commission is hereby authorised to open negotiations, on behalf of the Union, with the WTO Members that have negotiating rights with a view to modifying the tariff rate quotas currently included in the Union’s schedule of concessions of and commitments annexed to the GATT 1994.

Article 2

The negotiating directives addressed to the Commission are set out in the Annex.

Article 3

The negotiations shall be conducted by the Commission in consultation with the [name of the special committee to be inserted by the Council].

Article 4

The United Kingdom is hereby authorised to undertake the necessary procedures with a view to setting out its own schedule of concessions and commitments annexed to the GATT 1994 as well as any quantitative limits therein, including negotiations with other WTO Members on its portion of the tariff rate quotas currently included in the Union’s schedule of concessions and commitments annexed to the GATT 1994.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Commission and to the United Kingdom.