Council Decision (EU) 2025/1121 of 27 May 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Trade Committee established by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand as regards amendments to that Agreement concerning fundamental principles and rights at work

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2025/1121
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the first meeting of the Trade Committee established by Article 24.1(1) of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand shall be based on the draft Decision of the Trade Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 1

Article 19.3(3) and (5) of the Agreement are amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Article 2

The amendments set out in the Annex to this Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the sixth month following the month during which the Parties exchange written notifications certifying that they have completed their respective applicable legal requirements and procedures for entry into force of the amendments.

This Decision is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Article 19.3 of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand (the ‘Agreement’) is amended as follows:

(1)

paragraph 3 is amended as follows:

(a)

the introductory wording is replaced by the following:

‘In accordance with the ILO Constitution and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work adopted at Geneva on 18 June 1998 by the International Labour Conference at its 86th Session and its Follow-up, as amended at its 110th Session in 2022, each Party shall respect, promote and realise the principles concerning the fundamental rights at work which are the subject of the fundamental conventions of the ILO, namely:’;

(b)

in point (c), after the words ‘the effective abolition of child labour;’, the word ‘and’ is deleted;

(c)

in point (d), after the words ‘the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation’, the full stop is deleted and the following is added:

‘; and’;

(d)

the following point is added:

‘(e)

a safe and healthy working environment’;

(2)

in paragraph 5, footnote 1 (‘The Parties note that all Member States have ratified the fundamental conventions of the ILO.’) is deleted.