PURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the European Union, the Protocol (2015) amending the Annex to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.
BACKGROUND: by means of Decision 80/271/EEC, the Council approved the conclusion of the GATT Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
Signatories to the Agreement, through their representatives, agreed to open the Protocol (2015) Amending the Annex to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (the Protocol) for acceptance in Geneva on 5 November 2015, transposing into the Annex to the Agreement the changes introduced in the 2007 version of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.
The Protocol should now be approved.
CONTENT: the draft Council Decision seeks the approval, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol (2015) amending the Annex to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
For further details on the Protocol please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial legislative proposal from 5 July 2016.