Council Decision (EU) 2025/1296 of 16 June 2025 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part

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

Pending its entry into force, in accordance with Article 345 of the Agreement, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis between the Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan from the first day of the second month following the date by which the Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan have notified each other of the completion of the internal procedures necessary for that purpose, together with an indication of those parts of the Agreement which are to be provisionally applied, 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) Title I; (b) Title II: Articles 3, 4, 6 and 9; (c) Title III: Articles 14(1) and 15(2); (d) Title IV (with the exception of Articles 26, 75 (to the extent that it concerns criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights), 233 and 234(2) to (4)); (e) Title V: Articles 284, 285, 286, 288, 289 (with the exception of point (b)), 290, 291 (with the exception of (1) (a), (f), and (i)), 292, 306 and 307; (f) Title VII: Articles 331 to 336; (g) Title VIII, to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement; (h) Title IX, with the exception of Article 347(1) and (2), to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement; and (i) Annexes 3, 5-A, 5-B, 5-C, 5-D, 6, 7-A, 7-B, 7-C, 9-A, 12-A, 12-B, 12-C, 12-D, 14-A and 14-B, as well as the Protocol on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters.

Where a Member State or the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) considers that an international obligation arising from, in particular, UN membership, including respect for UNSC Resolutions 541 (1983) and 550 (1984), is not fulfilled, that Member State or the High Representative, shall raise the issue within the Council with a view to determining whether to hold consultations under the auspices of the Cooperation Council established by Article 337(1) of the Agreement, pursuant to Article 343(4) of the Agreement.

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