Council Decision (EU) 2024/2153 of 4 March 2024 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2024/2153
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The signing on behalf of the Union of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part  ( 1 ) , is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.

Article 2

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

Article 3

Pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force, in accordance with Article 318 of the Agreement and subject to the notifications provided for therein, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied provisionally between the Union and the Kyrgyz Republic, but only to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union’s competence, including matters falling within the Union’s competence to define and implement a common foreign and security policy:

(a)

Title I;

(b)

Title II: Articles 3, 4, 6 and 9;

(c)

Title III: Article 14(1) and Article 15(2);

(d)

Title IV, with the exception of Articles 26, 81, 82, 84 and 89 to the extent that those Articles concern criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights;

(e)

Title V: Articles 254 to 257, Article 258 (with the exception of point (d)), Article 259, Article 260 (with the exception of paragraph 1, points (a), (c), and (f)) and Articles 261, 277 and 278;

(f)

Title VI: Articles 304 to 309;

(g)

Title VII, with the exception of Article 319(1) and (2), to the extent that the provisions of the Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement;

(h)

Annexes;

(i)

Protocol on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters.

Article 4

Where a Member State or the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘the High Representative’) considers that an international obligation arising from, in particular, UN membership, including respect for UNSC Resolutions 541 (1983) and 550 (1984), is not fulfilled, that Member State, or the High Representative, shall raise the issue within the Council, with a view to determining whether to hold consultations under the auspices of the Cooperation Council pursuant to Article 316(4) of the Agreement.

Article 5

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