2012/105/EU: Council Decision of 14 December 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement

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Article 1

The signing of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union, and of the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement, is hereby authorised on behalf of the Union, subject to their conclusion.

The texts of the Agreement and the Protocol are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement and the Protocol on behalf of the Union.

Article 3

In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement and paragraph 3 of Article 26 of the Protocol, the Agreement and the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, pending the completion of the procedures for the conclusion of the Agreement  ( 2 ) .

Article 4

The Commission shall adopt detailed rules on the method of allocation of quota authorisations pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 5 of the Protocol, and any other provisions necessary for the management by the Union of the quantities of the tariff-rate quotas allocated to exports to the Union. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 5.

Article 5

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2.   Where reference is made to this Article, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Article 6

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