COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 September 2010
on the position to be taken by the European Union in the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council established by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex IV to the Agreement by incorporating the commitments of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
(2010/669/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (1) (the Agreement), was signed on 15 October 2008, and has been provisionally applied since 29 December 2008.
(2)
Article 63 of the Agreement provides that the negotiation of the schedule of commitments in services and investment for the Commonwealth of The Bahamas be finalised no later than six months after the signature of the Agreement.
(3)
Such negotiations were succesfully concluded on 25 January 2010.
(4)
The results of such negotiations should be set out in a Decision of the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council established by the Agreement.
(5)
The Union should therefore take the position in the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council as set out in the draft decision attached to this Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Sole Article
The position to be taken by the European Union in the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council established by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex IV to the Agreement shall be based on the draft decision of the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council attached to this Decision. However, formal changes to that draft decision not affecting its substance may be agreed without requiring this Decision to be amended.
Done at Brussels, 27 September 2010.