COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/2443

of 11 December 2015

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, as regards Title V of that Association Agreement

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.   The position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council established pursuant to Article 434 of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, in relation to the full implementation and enforcement and to the application of Title V (Trade and trade-related matters) of the Agreement on the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova shall be based on the draft Decision of the Association Council attached to this Decision.

2.   Minor technical corrections to the draft Decision may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union within the Association Council without any further decision of the Council.

Article 2

Within eight months of the entry into force of this Decision and once a year thereafter, the European Commission shall report to the Council on the application of Title V of the Agreement on the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova. If the Republic of Moldova no longer ensures the full implementation and enforcement of Title V of the Agreement in relation to those areas of the Republic of Moldova over which it does not exercise effective control, the representatives of the Union in the Association Council may, pursuant to a decision to be taken in accordance with Article 218(9) of the Treaty, request the Association Council to reconsider the continued application of Title V of the Agreement in the areas concerned.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

(1)  OJ L 260, 30.8.2014, p. 4.

(2)  Council Decision 2014/492/EU of 16 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (OJ L 260, 30.8.2014, p. 1).