Council Decision (EU) 2015/836 of 11 May 2015 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union concerning the adoption of a Decision by the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit and a Decision by the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on simplification of formalities in trade in goods as regards invitations to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to accede to the Convention on a common transit procedure and the Convention on simplification of formalities in trade in goods

The position to be adopted on the Union's behalf within the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit as regards an invitation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to accede to the Convention on a common transit procedure shall be based on the draft Decision of that Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

The position to be adopted on the Union's behalf within the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on simplification of formalities in trade in goods as regards an invitation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to accede to the Convention on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods shall be based on the draft Decision of that Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Once the technical conditions for accession have been fulfilled by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Union representative in the Joint Committees referred to in Articles 1 and 2 respectively shall propose the decisions to invite the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to accede to the Conventions and vote on those decisions in line with Articles 1 and 2 of this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 June 2015.

In accordance with Article 15a of the Convention on a common transit procedure, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be invited to accede to the Convention as from 1 July 2015.

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

In accordance with Article 11a of the Convention on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be invited to accede to the Convention as from 1 July 2015.

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