Commission Decision (EU) 2022/796 of 12 May 2022 approving, on behalf of the European Union, an amendment to Annex XVIII to the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other

The amendments to part B of Annex XVIII, to the Agreement set out in the draft Decision of the Association Council, are hereby approved on behalf of the Union. The draft Decision of the Association Council is attached to this Decision.

The representative of the Union in the Association Council is authorised to approve the decision of the Association Council on behalf of the Union.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. After its adoption, the Decision of the Association Council shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The entries in the Annex to this Decision are added to the table in Part B of Annex XVIII ‘Protected Geographical Indications’ of the Agreement, as established by Decision No 5/2014 of the EU-Central America Association Council .

This Decision, done in duplicate, shall be signed by representatives of the EU-Central America Association Council who are authorized to act on behalf of the Parties for purposes of modifying the Agreement. This Decision shall be effective from the date of the later of these signatures. This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.