2014/143/EU: Council Decision of 11 March 2014 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, as regards the amendment of Decision No 2/2003 of that Committee

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Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the Joint Committee on Agriculture shall be based on the draft Decision of the Committee attached to this Decision.

Technical amendments to the draft Decision may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union within the Committee without the need for a further Council Decision.

Article 1

The Annex to Decision No 2/2003 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 21 October 2003 concerning the setting-up of the working groups and the adoption of the terms of reference of those groups shall, as regards the Working Group on PDOs and PGIs, be amended as follows:

(1)

The section 'Working Group on PDOs and PGIs' is replaced by:

' Working Group on PDOs and PGIs

Basis in the Agreement (Annex 12)

Article 15(6) of Annex 12 on the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs.

Terms of reference of the working group under Article 15

1.

To examine any issue relating to Annex 12 and its implementation.

2.

To examine periodically the development of the Parties' internal legislative and regulatory provisions in the areas covered by Annex 12.

3.

To draw up, in particular, proposals to be submitted to the Joint Committee with a view to adapting and updating the Appendices to Annex 12.'

Article 2

The Decision of the Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on … 2014.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .