Council Decision (EU) 2016/1039 of 16 June 2016 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the European Union request for an extension of the WTO waiver relating to the autonomous preferential regime for the Western Balkans
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The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization shall be to request an extension of the existing WTO waiver on the autonomous trade preferences granted by the Union to the Western Balkans until 31 December 2021, and to support the adoption of that request. That position shall be expressed by the Commission.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
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