Considerations on COM(2022)445 - EU position in the Association Committee's Trade configuration with Ukraine concerning the update of Annex XV (Approximation of customs legislation)

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dossier COM(2022)445 - EU position in the Association Committee's Trade configuration with Ukraine concerning the update of Annex XV (Approximation ...
document COM(2022)445 EN
date October 17, 2022
 
table>(1)The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (1) (the ‘Agreement’) entered into force on 1 September 2017.
(2)Pursuant to Article 465(2) of the Agreement, the Association Council may delegate to the Association Committee any of its powers, including the power to take binding decisions.

(3)By Decision No 3/2014 of the Association Council (2), the Association Council delegated to the Association Committee in Trade configuration the power to update or amend, among others, Annex XV to the Agreement.

(4)The Association Committee in Trade configuration in its next meeting is to adopt a decision on the update of Annex XV to the Agreement.

(5)Considering that several Union acts listed in Annex XV to the Agreement have been amended or repealed since the conclusion of the negotiations of the Agreement, it is necessary to update that Annex, including by adjusting certain deadlines to take into account the progress already made to date by Ukraine in the process of approximation to the Union acquis.

(6)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the Association Committee in Trade configuration, as the envisaged decision will be binding on the Union,