Council Decision (EU) 2017/434 of 13 February 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, of the other part

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

2 The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

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

1 Pending its entry into force, in accordance with Article 59 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 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, 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) Article 2 (General principles); (b) Article 3 (Political dialogue); (c) Article 4 (Human rights); (d) Article 5 (Gender equality); (e) Title III (Development cooperation); (f) Title IV (Cooperation on trade and investment matters); (g) Article 28 (Cooperation on migration); (h) Title VII (Regional cooperation); (i) Title VIII (Institutional framework) to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement; (j) Title IX (Final provisions) to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement.

2 The date from which the parts of the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 are to be provisionally applied shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its adoption.