DECISION NO 1/2022 OF THE EU-CTC JOINT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY 1987 ON THE SIMPLIFICATION OF FORMALITIES IN TRADE IN GOODS OF 25 AUGUST 2022 AS REGARDS AN INVITATION TO UKRAINE TO ACCEDE TO THAT CONVENTION [2022/1641] ("Off. Herald of RS - Treaties", No. 4/2023)

THE EU-CTC JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods(1), and in particular Article 11(3) thereof,

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(1) OJ L 134, 22.5.1987, p. 2.

Whereas:

(1) Ukraine has expressed its wish to accede to the Convention on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods (‘the Convention’).

(2) The exchange of goods with Ukraine would be facilitated by a simplification of formalities which affect the trade in goods between Ukraine and the European Union, Iceland, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

(3) With a view to achieving such facilitation, it is appropriate to invite Ukraine to accede to the Convention,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Ukraine shall be invited to accede to the Convention in accordance with Article 11a of the Convention as from 1 October 2022.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 25 August 2022.

For the EU-CTC Joint Committee
The President
Matthias PETSCHKE