RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2015/2419

of 16 March 2015

on the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agenda

THE EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

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, in particular Article 463 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 463 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(1) (the ‘Agreement’), the Association Council shall have the power to make appropriate recommendations for the purpose of attaining the objectives therein.

(2) Pursuant to Article 476 of the Agreement, the Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement.

(3) Pending its entry into force, the Agreement is being applied provisionally in accordance with Council Decision 2014/295/EU(2), Council Decision 2014/668/EU(3) and Council Decision 2014/691/EU(4).

(4) The Parties have agreed on the text of the Association Agenda which aims to prepare and facilitate the implementation of the Agreement through the creation of a practical framework to realise their overriding objectives of political association and economic integration.

(5) The Association Agenda serves the dual purpose of setting out concrete steps towards the fulfilment of the Parties' obligations set out in the Agreement, and of providing a broader framework for further strengthening EU-Ukraine relations in order to involve a significant measure of economic integration and a deepening of political cooperation, in accordance with the overall objective of the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

Sole Article

The Association Council recommends that the Parties implement the EU-Ukraine Association Agenda(5), insofar as such implementation is directed towards the attainment of the objectives 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.

Done at Brussels, 16 March 2015.

For the Association Council

The President

A. YATSENYUK

(1)  

OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3

.

(2)  Council Decision 2014/295/EU of 17 March 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application 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, as regards the Preamble, Article 1, and Titles I, II and VII thereof (

OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 1

).

(3)  Council Decision 2014/668/EU of 23 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application 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, as regards Title III (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) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (

OJ L 278, 20.9.2014, p. 1

).

(4)  Council Decision 2014/691/EU of 29 September 2014 amending Decision 2014/668/EU on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application 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, as regards Title III (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) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (

OJ L 289, 3.10.2014, p. 1

).

(5)  See document st 6978/15 on http://register.consilium.europa.eu