The modifications of Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part, set out in the draft Decision of the Trade Committee, are hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.
The draft Decision of the Trade Committee is set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
The Head of the Union Delegation in the Trade Committee is authorised to approve the decision of that Committee on behalf of the European Union.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union.
After its adoption, the Decision of the Trade Committee shall be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union
.
Done at Brussels, 17 September 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1)
OJ L 354, 21.12.2012, p. 1
.
(2) Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (
OJ L 354, 21.12.2012, p. 3
).
(3) Notice concerning the provisional application between the European Union and Peru, of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (
OJ L 56, 28.2.2013, p. 1
).
(4) Notice concerning the provisional application between the European Union and Colombia, of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (
OJ L 201, 26.7.2013, p. 7
).
(5) Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador (
OJ L 356, 24.12.2016, p. 3
).
(6) Notice concerning the provisional application between the European Union and the Republic of Ecuador of the Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador (
OJ L 358, 29.12.2016, p. 1
).
ANNEX
DECISION No […]/2020 OF THE TRADE COMMITTEE
of […] 2020
modifying Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part
THE TRADE COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part, and in particular Article 13(1)(d) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 16 December 2016 Colombia submitted to the Union its request to add new geographical indications to Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement pursuant to Article 209 of the Agreement. The Union has completed the objection procedure and the examination of two new geographical indications of Colombia.
(2) On 28 July 2020, pursuant to Article 257(2) of the Agreement, the Sub-Committee on Intellectual Property, in a session between the EU Party and Colombia, assessed the information in relation to the two new geographical indications of Colombia and proposed to the Trade Committee to modify Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement accordingly.
(3) Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement should therefore be modified.
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