Council Decision (EU) 2026/226 of 15 July 2025 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road of 29 June 2022
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The Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road of 29 June 2022 (the ‘amending Agreement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
1. The exercise of Union competence pursuant to this Decision and the Agreement 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 and the Agreement 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. The exercise of the competence by the Union referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article covers only the elements governed by this Decision and the Agreement. 4. This Decision and the Agreement are 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 Agreement.
The Commission shall proceed, on behalf of the Union, to make the notification provided for in Article 2(1) of the amending Agreement, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the amending Agreement.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
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