Considerations on COM(2012)575 - EU position within the International Jute Study Group as regards the negotiation of new Terms of Reference beyond 2014

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table>(1)By Council Decision 2002/312/EC (1), the Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group, 2001 (‘the Agreement’) was approved on behalf of the European Community.
(2)The current Terms of Reference expire on 30 April 2014 and the question of opening negotiations for the renewal of these Terms of Reference will be discussed in the 15th session of the International Jute Study Group Council meeting in December 2012.

(3)Renewal of the Agreement is not in the interest of the Union,