Legal provisions of COM(2021)76 - Authorisation opening of negotiations on agreement with Panama Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 regarding withdrawal of its WTO tariff rate quotas on liquid and evaporated milk

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dossier COM(2021)76 - Authorisation opening of negotiations on agreement with Panama Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 regarding withdrawal of its ...
document COM(2021)76 EN
date February 22, 2021

Contents

Article 1

The Commission is hereby authorised to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, an agreement with Panama, pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 for appropriate compensation, following Panama’s decision to withdraw quotas for liquid milk and evaporated milk under tariff lines 0401.10.00, 0401.20.10, 0401.20.90, 0402.91.91, 0402.91.92, 0402.91.99, 0402.99.91, 0402.99.92 and 0402.99.99 from its Schedule of Concessions CXLI.

Article 2

The negotiating directives are set out in the Annex.

Article 3

The negotiations shall be conducted in consultation with the Trade Policy Committee.

Article 4

This decision is addressed to the Commission.