Council Decision (EU) 2016/971 of 17 June 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of an agreement in the form of the Declaration on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products (ITA)

The Declaration on the expansion of the ITA and the schedules submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 thereof are hereby approved on behalf of the European Union. The text of the Declaration on the expansion of the ITA and the Attachments thereto are attached to this Decision.

The Commission is hereby authorised to submit to the World Trade Organisation the necessary modifications to the Union's Schedule annexed to the GATT 1994 as set out in the Union schedule CLXXIII (G/MA/TAR/RS/357/corr.1).

The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union, the instrument of acceptance provided for in paragraph 9 of the Declaration on the expansion of the ITA .

The Declaration on the expansion of the ITA shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts.

This Decision enters into force on the date of its adoption.