7.10.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

L 259/1

Notice concerning the provisional application of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Cuba, of the other part

The Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Cuba, of the other part (1), signed in Brussels on 12 December 2016, shall, pursuant to its Article 86.3, be provisionally applied as from 1 November 2017. By virtue of Article 3 of the Council Decision of 6 December 2016 on signing and provisional application of the Agreement, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis between the Union and the Republic of Cuba, 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:

—	Parts I to IV, and

—	Part V, to the extent that the provisions thereof are limited to the purpose of ensuring provisional application of the Agreement.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph of Article 3, the following Articles shall not be applied on a provisional basis:

—	Article 29,

—	Article 35,

—	Article 55 to the extent that it concerns cooperation on maritime transport,

—	Article 58,

—	Article 71 to the extent that it concerns border security, and

—	Article 73 to the extent that it concerns cooperation on non-agricultural geographical indications.

(1) OJ L 337 I, 13.12.2016, p. 1.