DECISION No 3/2022 OF THE TRADE COMMITTEE

of 16 November 2022

modifying Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part [2022/2394]

THE TRADE COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part, and in particular Article 13(1)(d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	On 28 November 2018 Ecuador submitted to the Union its request to add new geographical indications to Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement pursuant to Article 209 of the Agreement. The Union completed the objection procedure and the examination of three new geographical indications of Ecuador.

(2)

On 20 October 2022, pursuant to Article 257(2) of the Agreement, the Sub-Committee on Intellectual Property, in a session between the Union Party and Ecuador, assessed the information in relation to the geographical indications and proposed to the Trade Committee to modify Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement accordingly.

(3)	Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement should therefore be modified.

(4)

The decision to modify Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement may be adopted in a session of the Trade Committee between the Union Party and Ecuador pursuant to Article 14(3) of the Trade Agreement, as it relates exclusively to the bilateral relationship between them and does not affect the rights and obligations of another signatory Andean Country,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In the table under point (d) ‘Geographical Indications of Ecuador for agricultural and foodstuff products, wines, spirit drinks and aromatised wines’ in Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Agreement the entries in the Annex to this Decision are added.

Article 2

This Decision, done in duplicate, shall be signed by representatives of the Trade Committee 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.

Done at Quito, 16 November 2022.

For the Trade Committee

Head of EU delegation

Paolo GARZOTTI

Head of Ecuador’s delegation

Daniel LEGARDA

ANNEX

(d)	‘Geographical Indications of Ecuador for agricultural and foodstuff products, wines, spirit drinks and aromatised wines’

CAFÉ DE GALAPAGOS

Coffee

MANÍ DE TRANSKUTUKÚ

Peanut

PITAHAYA AMAZÓNICA DE PALORA

Fruit