Considerations on COM(2018)308 - Conclusion of an agreement with the Government of China on civil aviation safety

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dossier COM(2018)308 - Conclusion of an agreement with the Government of China on civil aviation safety.
document COM(2018)308 EN
date June 26, 2020
 
table>(1)On behalf of the Union, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (the ‘Agreement’) in accordance with Council Decision of 7 March 2016 authorising the Commission to open negotiations.
(2)In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2018/1153 (2), the Agreement was signed on 20 May 2019, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(3)It is necessary to lay down procedural arrangements for the participation of the Union in the joint bodies established by the Agreement and for the adoption of safeguard measures, requests for consultations and measures to suspend acceptance obligations.

(4)In accordance with point (c) of Article 11(2) and Article 17(6) of the Agreement, the Joint Committee established by Article 11(1) of the Agreement (the ‘Joint Committee’) is able to adopt amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement.

(5)In order to facilitate the approval of amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement to be adopted by the Joint Committee and to avoid the risk of not having a Union position on proposed amendments, the Commission should be authorised to approve such proposed amendments on behalf of the Union subject to specific substantive and procedural conditions.

(6)In order to ensure that the approval by the Commission of proposed amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement to be adopted by the Joint Committee is in conformity with the conditions laid down in this Decision, the Commission should submit the proposed amendments to the Council for consultation sufficiently in advance of the Joint Committee meeting at which those amendments would be adopted. The conformity of the amendments submitted by the Commission to the Council should be assessed by the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States (Coreper).

(7)The Agreement should be approved,