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Decision No 1/2019 of the EU-Georgia Association Committee in Trade Configuration of 18 October 2019 updating Annex III-A to the Association Agreement [2019/1913]
Decision No 1/2019 of the EU-Georgia Association Committee in Trade Configuration of 18 October 2019 updating Annex III-A to the Association Agreement [2019/1913]
Decision No 1/2019 of the EU-Georgia Association Committee in Trade Configuration of 18 October 2019 updating Annex III-A to the Association Agreement [2019/1913]
PUB/2019/90
OJ L 296, 15.11.2019, pp. 30–32
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
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15.11.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 296/30 |
DECISION NO 1/2019 OF THE EU-GEORGIA ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN TRADE CONFIGURATION
of 18 October 2019
updating Annex III-A to the Association Agreement [2019/1913]
THE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN TRADE CONFIGURATION,
Having regard to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, and in particular Article 47 thereof,
Whereas:
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In accordance with Article 431 of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), the Agreement entered into force on 1 July 2016. |
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Article 47 of the Agreement provides that Georgia is to gradually achieve approximation with the relevant Union acquis in accordance with the provisions of Annex III-A and Annex III-B to the Agreement and that Annex III-A to the Agreement may be amended by a decision of the Association Committee in Trade configuration. |
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Several Union acts listed in Annex III-A to the Agreement have been recast or repealed and replaced by new Union acts since the initialling of the Agreement on 29 November 2013 and new Union acts have been notified to Georgia. |
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It is necessary to update Annex III-A to the Agreement in order to reflect the evolution of the Union acquis listed in that Annex. |
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In the interest of clarity, Annex III-A to the Agreement should be updated in its entirety and replaced. |
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It is appropriate to provide for a period for Georgia to implement the new Union acts in its domestic legislation. Accordingly, new deadlines for approximation of Georgia to the Union acts listed in Annex III-A should be indicated therein, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex III-A to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 18 October 2019.
For the Association Committee in Trade configuration
G. ARVELADZE
The Chair
M. GABUNIA,
R. MENGEL-JØRGENSEN
Secretaries
ANNEX
‘ANNEX III-A
LIST OF SECTORAL LEGISLATION FOR APPROXIMATION
The following list reflects Georgia’s priorities with regard to the approximation of the Union’s New Approach and Global Approach Directives as included in the Government of Georgia’s Strategy in Standardisation, Accreditation, Conformity Assessment, Technical Regulation and Metrology and Programme on Legislative Reform and Adoption of Technical Regulations, of March 2010.
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Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC (1) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts (recast) (2) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (recast) (3) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Council Directive 92/42/EEC of 21 May 1992 on efficiency requirements for new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels (4) Timetable: during 2013 |
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Directive 2014/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels (recast) (5) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (6) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Commission Directive 2008/43/EC of 4 April 2008 setting up, pursuant to Council Directive 93/15/EEC, a system for the identification and traceability of explosives for civil uses (7) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (recast) (8) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (9) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (recast) (10) Timetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (recast) (11) Timetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (12) Timetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (13) Timetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (14) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (15) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast) (16) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys (17) Timetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonized conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (18) Timetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2014/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of non-automatic weighing instruments (recast) (19) Timetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast) (20) Timetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
(2) OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 251.
(3) OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 164.
(4) OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 45.
(6) OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 90.
(8) OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 309.
(9) OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62.
(10) OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 79
(11) OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 357.
(12) OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1.
(13) OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176.
(14) OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 99.
(15) OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51.
(16) OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 24.
(17) OJ L 170, 30.6.2009, p. 1.