Council Decision (EU) 2024/1293 of 29 April 2024 authorising the opening of negotiations on amendments to the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road
Council Decision (EU) 2024/1293 of 29 April 2024 authorising the opening of negotiations on amendments to the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road
Decision (EU) 2024/1293 · Decision · 5 articles
Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗
1. The Commission is hereby authorised to open negotiations on amendments to the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road (the ‘Agreement’), including regarding the duration of the Agreement.
2. The negotiations shall be conducted on the basis of the negotiating directives of the Council set out in the addendum to this Decision. Those negotiating directives may be revised and further developed as appropriate depending on the evolution of the negotiations.
1. The exercise of Union competence pursuant to this Decision and the Agreement, including the amendments to be made thereto, shall be limited to the period of application of the Agreement. Without prejudice to other Union measures, and subject to compliance with those Union measures, after the end of that period of application the Union shall immediately cease to exercise that competence and the Member States shall again exercise their competence in accordance with Article 2(2) TFEU.
2. The exercise of Union competence pursuant to this Decision shall be without prejudice to the competence of the Member States concerning any ongoing or future negotiations for, or signature or conclusion of, international agreements related to the carriage of goods by road with any other third country, and with Ukraine with respect to the period after the Agreement has ceased to apply.
3. Without prejudice to Article 2 of Council Decision (EU) 2022/1158 ( 2 ) and Article 2 of Council Decision (EU) 2022/2435 ( 3 ) , the exercise of Union competence referred to in paragraph 1 covers only the elements governed by this Decision and the negotiating directives, and this Decision is without prejudice to the respective competences of the Union and the Member States in the area of carriage of goods by road with regard to elements other than those governed by this Decision and the negotiating directives.
The negotiations shall be conducted in consultation with the Working Party on Land Transport of the Council, which is hereby designated as the special committee provided for in Article 218(4) TFEU.
