Council Decision (EU) 2023/2446 of 23 October 2023 authorising the opening of negotiations with the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

1 The Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) are hereby authorised to open negotiations for a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the ‘Agreement’).

2 The negotiations shall be conducted on the basis of the negotiating directives of the Council set out in the addendum to this Decision.

The Commission is hereby nominated as the head of the Union’s negotiating team.

The negotiations shall be conducted in consultation with the Asia-Oceania Working Party. The Trade Policy Committee shall be regularly consulted on the trade-related parts of the Agreement.

This Decision is addressed to the Commission and the High Representative.