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Council Decision (EU) 2024/3221 of 12 December 2024 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council set up by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, as regards the amendment of that Agreement by replacing Protocol 4 thereto concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation| Legal instrument | Decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Decision 2024/3221 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2024)15701 |
| Original proposal | COM(2024)501 |
| CELEX number i | 32024D3221 |
| Document | 12-12-2024; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Effect | 12-12-2024; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-2025; See Art. 2 |
Official Journal of the European Union |
EN L series |
2024/3221 |
20.12.2024 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/3221
of 12 December 2024
on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council set up by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, as regards the amendment of that Agreement by replacing Protocol 4 thereto concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by means of Council Decision 2006/356/EC (1) and entered into force on 1 April 2006. |
(2) |
Protocol 4 to the Agreement (‘Protocol 4’) defines the concept of ‘originating products’ and lays down methods of administrative cooperation. Pursuant to Article 38 of Protocol 4, the Association Council established under Article 74(1) of the Agreement (the ‘Association Council’) may decide to amend the provisions of Protocol 4. |
(3) |
At its next meeting, or by an Exchange of Letters, the Association Council is to take a decision amending the Agreement by replacing Protocol 4. |
(4) |
It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf within the Association Council, as the decision of the Association Council will have legal effects. |
(5) |
The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (the ‘Convention’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision 2013/94/EU (2) and entered into force in relation to the Union on 1 May 2012. It lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant bilateral free trade agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties to the Convention (the ‘Contracting Parties’), which apply without prejudice to the principles laid down in those bilateral agreements. |
(6) |
The Convention was amended by Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean Preferential Rules of Origin (3) (the ‘amendment of the Convention’). |
(7) |
The amendment of the Convention enters into force on 1 January 2025 in relation to all Contracting Parties. |
(8) |
Article 6 of the Convention provides that each Contracting Party is to take appropriate measures to ensure that the Convention is effectively applied. To that effect, the Association Council is to take a decision replacing Protocol 4 with a new protocol which includes a dynamic reference to the Convention, so as to refer always to the latest version of the Convention in force. In the absence of such a reference, the effective application of the amendment of the Convention would not be ensured, which could affect the system of diagonal cumulation under the Convention. |
(9) |
The position of the Union within the Association Council should therefore be based on the attached draft decision, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf within the Association Council set up by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, shall be based on the draft...
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