OBJECTIVE: interim agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European
Community and Uzbekistan.
SUBSTANCE: the aim of the proposal is the adoption of an interim agreement providing for
provisional implementation of the trade and trade-related measures of the Partnership and
Cooperation Agreement between the Community and Uzbekistan initialled on 21 June 1996. The
present agreement is being adopted pending, and will apply until, the definitive entry into force of
the main Partnership Agreement.
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