DECISION No 1/2025 OF THE EU-COMMON TRANSIT COUNTRIES JOINT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE CONVENTION ON THE SIMPLIFICATION OF FORMALITIES IN TRADE IN GOODS

of 19 September 2025

as regards an invitation to Montenegro to accede to that Convention [2025/2636]

THE EU-CTC JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Convention on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods (1), and in particular Article 11(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Montenegro has expressed its wish to accede to the Convention on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods (the ‘Convention’).

(2)	The exchange of goods with Montenegro would be facilitated by a simplification of formalities which affect the trade in goods between that country and the European Union, Georgia, Iceland, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

(3)	With a view to achieving such facilitation, it is appropriate to invite Montenegro to accede to the Convention,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Montenegro shall be invited to accede to the Convention on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods in accordance with Article 11a of that Convention as from 1 November 2025.

Article 2

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

Done in Bern, 19 September 2025

For the EU-CTC Joint Committee

The President

Marco BENZ