DECISION (EU) 2022/2491 OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 8 December 2022

authorising the European Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Member States, the provisions of a Comprehensive Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part, that fall within the competences of the Member States

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

Whereas:

(1) The European Commission should be authorised to negotiate, on behalf of the Member States, the provisions of a Comprehensive Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Tajikistan Republic, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’), that fall within the competences of the Member States.

(2) The Agreement is to replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part (1),

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.   The Representatives of the Governments of the Member States hereby authorise the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Member States, the provisions of a Comprehensive Agreement between the Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part, that fall within the competences of the Member States.

2.   The negotiations shall be conducted on the basis, where applicable, of the negotiating directives of the Council set out in the addendum to Council Decision (EU) 2022/2490 (2).

Article 2

Article 1 is without prejudice to future decisions of the Member States relating to the designation of their representatives on matters falling within the competences of the Member States.

Article 3

The negotiations shall be conducted in consultation with the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council Working Party on Eastern Europe and Central Asia and, for trade-related parts of the Agreement, within the Trade Policy Committee.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2022.

For the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States

The President

V. RAKUŠAN

(1)  

OJ L 350, 29.12.2009, p. 3

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(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2022/2490 of 8 December 2022 authorising the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to open negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part (see page 92 of this Official Journal).