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Official Journal of the European Union
18.10.2012
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 September 2012
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Union and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6
and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the
modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course
of their accession to the European Union
(2012/644/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(4) The
Agreement
should
be
signed,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4),
in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
The signing of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Union and the United States of
Whereas:
America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating
(1) On
29
January
2007
the
Council
authorised
the to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the
Commission to open negotiations with certain other
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their
Members of the World Trade Organisation under
accession to the European Union (‘the Agreement’) is hereby
Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs
authorised on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion
and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession
of the said Agreement ( 1 ).
to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania.
Article 2
(2) Negotiations
have
been
conducted
by
the
Commission The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
within the framework of the negotiating directives
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of
adopted by the Council.
the Union.
(3) These
negotiations
have
been
concluded
and
the
Article 3
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Union and the United States of
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the
Done at Brussels, 24 September 2012.
schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the
course of their accession to the European Union (‘the
Agreement’) was initialled by a representative of the
For the Council
European Union on 21 December 2011 and by a repre
sentative of the United States of America on 17 February
The President
2012.
A. D. MAVROYIANNIS
( 1 ) The text of the Agreement will be published together with the
decision on its conclusion.

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