Legal provisions of COM(2018)576 - EU position in the EU-CTC Joint Committee (on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods and common transit procedures) as regards an invitation to the UK to accede

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Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the EU-CTC Joint Committee set up by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods as regards an invitation to the United Kingdom to accede to that Convention shall be based on the draft act of that Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the EU-CTC Joint Committee set up by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure as regards an invitation to the United Kingdom to accede to that Convention shall be based on the draft act of that Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 3

Once the technical conditions for accession to the Conventions have been fulfilled by the United Kingdom or once convincing assurance has been provided that these technical conditions will be fulfilled on time before the effective date of the application of the Convention to the United Kingdom as a Contracting Party, the Union representative in the Joint Committees referred to in Articles 1 and 2 respectively shall propose the Decisions to invite the United Kingdom to accede to the Conventions and vote on those Decisions in line with Article 1 and 2 of this Decision.

Article 4

After its adoption, the Decision of the EU-CTC Joint Committee on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods and the Decision of the EU-CTC Joint Committee on common transit shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.