Decision 2017/38 - Provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
  7. Full version
  8. EU Monitor

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Current status

This decision has been published on January 14, 2017 and entered into force on October 28, 2016.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2017/38 of 28 October 2016 on the provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2017/38
Original proposal COM(2016)470 EN
CELEX number i 32017D0038

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Key dates

Document 28-10-2016; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 14-01-2017; OJ L 11 p. 1080-1081
Effect 28-10-2016; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

14.1.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 11/1080
 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2017/38

of 28 October 2016

on the provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2), Article 91, Article 100(2), Article 153(2), Article 192(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

On 24 April 2009, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.
 

(2)

In accordance with Decision (EU) 2017/37 (1), the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (2), (the ‘Agreement’) was signed on 30 October 2016.
 

(3)

Article 30.7(3) of the Agreement provides for the possibility of provisional application of the Agreement.
 

(4)

Parts of the Agreement falling within the competence of the Union may be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.
 

(5)

Pursuant to Article 218(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it is appropriate for the Council to authorise the Commission to approve modifications to Annex 20-A of the Agreement to be adopted by the CETA Joint Committee, as set out in Article 26.1 of the Agreement, on a recommendation by the CETA Committee on Geographical Indications pursuant to Article 20.22 of the Agreement.
 

(6)

In accordance with Article 30.6(1) of the Agreement, the Agreement does not confer rights or obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts or tribunals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

  • 1. 
    The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’) shall be applied on a provisional basis by the Union as provided for in Article 30.7(3) thereof, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion, and subject to the following points:
 

(a)

only the following provisions of Chapter Eight of the Agreement (Investment) shall be provisionally applied, and only in so far as foreign direct investment is concerned:

 

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Articles 8.1 to 8.8;
 

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Article 8.13;
 

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Article 8.15, with the exception of paragraph 3 thereof; and
 

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Article 8.16;
 

(b)

the following provisions of Chapter Thirteen of the Agreement (Financial Services) shall not be provisionally applied in so far as they concern portfolio investment, protection of investment or the resolution of investment disputes between investors and States:

 

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Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 13.2;
 

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Article 13.3 and Article 13.4;
 

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Article 13.9; and
 

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Article 13.21;
 

(c)

the following provisions of the Agreement shall not be provisionally applied:

 

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Article 20.12;
 

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Article 27.3 and Article 27.4, to the extent that those Articles apply to administrative proceedings, review and appeal at Member State level;
 

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Paragraph 7 of Article 28.7;
 

(d)

the provisional application of Chapters 22, 23 and 24 of the Agreement shall respect the allocation of competences...


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