RECOMMENDATION No 1/2009 OF THE EU-UKRAINE COOPERATION COUNCIL

of 23 November 2009

on the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agenda

(2010/255/EC)

THE EU-UKRAINE COOPERATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and its Member States, and Ukraine, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 85 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 85 of the Agreement gives the Cooperation Council the power to make appropriate recommendations by agreement between the two Parties.

(2) By the terms of Article 102 of the Agreement, the Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement and shall see to it that the objectives set out therein are attained.

(3) The Parties are currently negotiating an Association Agreement, including a deep and comprehensive Free Trade Area.

(4) The Parties have agreed on the text of the EU-Ukraine Association Agenda.

(5) The EU-Ukraine Association Agenda will replace the current EU-Ukraine Action Plan and will prepare for and facilitate the early entry into force of the future EU-Ukraine Association Agreement through the elaboration of and agreement on concrete steps which will provide practical guidance for such preparations and implementation.

(6) The Association Agenda serves the dual purpose of setting out concrete steps in the preparation of the Association Agreement, and of providing a broader framework for the overall goal of achieving political association and greater economic integration of Ukraine to the European Union.

(7) The Association Agenda is an operational document, which will be revised as necessary on the basis of progress reviews referred to in Section 3.9 of the Association Agenda and in pursuit of its overall objectives,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

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The Cooperation Council recommends that the Parties implement the EU-Ukraine Association Agenda as set out in document UE-UA 1056/2/09 REV 2, insofar as such implementation is directed towards the preparations for and implementation of the future EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 23 November 2009.

For the Cooperation Council

Head of the EU Delegation

C. BILDT

Head of the Ukrainian Delegation

Y. TYMOSHENKO