Council Decision (EU) 2018/156 of 22 January 2018 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards supplementing Annex I-A to Chapter 1 of Title IV of that Agreement, and within the Association Committee in Trade configuration, as regards recalculating the schedule of export duty elimination set out in Annexes I-C and I-D to Chapter 1 of Title IV of that Agreement

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Association Council as regards supplementing Annex I-A to Chapter 1 of Title IV of the Agreement and within the Trade Committee as regards recalculating the schedule of export duty elimination set out in Annexes I-C and I-D to Chapter 1 of Title IV of the Agreement, shall be based on the draft Decisions attached to this Decision.

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

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.

A new Appendix C is added to Annex I-A to Chapter 1 of Title IV of the Agreement, as set out in the Annex to this Decision to clarify the implementation of the reduction to the base rate of customs duties to be applied for all subsequent years for each ‘staging category’ referred to in Annex I-A to Chapter 1 of Title IV of the Agreement.

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

Annex I-C to Chapter 1 of Title IV of the Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, is hereby replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Annex I-D to Chapter 1 of Title IV of the Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, is hereby replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.

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