The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Association Council as regards the granting of reciprocal, further market access linked to the implementation of phase 1 and phase 2 as set out in Annex XXI-A to the Agreement shall be based on the respective draft Decisions of the Association Council set out in Addenda III and IV to this Decision.
Article 3
After their adoption, the Decisions of the Association Committee in Trade configuration referred to in Article 1 and the Decisions of the Association Council referred to in Article 2 shall be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union
.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 9 November 2023.
For the Council
The President
N. CALVIÑO SANTAMARÍA
(1)
OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3
.
(2) Council Decision (EU) 2017/1247 of 11 July 2017 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of 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, with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other party (
OJ L 181, 12.7.2017, p. 1
).
(3) Decision No 1/2014 of the EU-Ukraine Association Council of 15 December 2014 adopting its Rules of Procedure and those of the Association Committee and of Subcommittees (
OJ L 157, 23.6.2015, p. 99
).
ADDENDUM I
DRAFT
DECISION No …/2023 OF THE EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN TRADE CONFIGURATION
of …
on the positive assessment of the implementation of phase 1 as set out in Annex XXI-A to Chapter 8 of 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
THE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN TRADE CONFIGURATION,
Having regard to 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), and in particular Article 153 thereof,
Whereas:
(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 (the ‘Agreement’) was signed on 27 June 2014 and entered into force on 1 September 2017.
(2) The Preamble to the Agreement recognises the commitment of Ukraine to gradually approximate its legislation with that of the Union, along the lines set out in the Agreement, and to effectively implement it, thus contributing to the gradual economic integration and deepening of political association of Ukraine with the Union.
(3) In accordance with Article 154 of the Agreement, the Parties agree that the effective and reciprocal opening of their respective markets in the area of public procurement is to be attained gradually and simultaneously.
(4) Pursuant to Article 153(1) and (2) of the Agreement, Ukraine is to ensure that its existing and future legislation on public procurement is gradually made compatible with the Union’s public procurement
acquis.
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