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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91, Article 100(2), and the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:
(1)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 partnote (‘the Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2016/838note and entered into force on 1 July 2016.
(2)Pursuant to Article 406(3) of the Agreement, the Association Council has the power to update or amend the Annexes to the Agreement.
(3)Pursuant to Article 408(2) of the Agreement, the Association Council may delegate to the Association Committee any of its powers, including the power to take binding decisions.
(4)Pursuant to Article 1 of the Decision No 3/2014 of the Association Councilnote, the Association Council delegated the power to update or amend the Annexes to the Agreement which relate inter alia to Chapter 3 (Technical barriers to trade, standardisation, metrology, accreditation and conformity assessment) and Chapter 8 (Public Procurement) of Title IV (Trade and Trade-related Matters) of the Agreement to the Association Committee in Trade configuration, to the extent that there are no specific provisions in Chapter 3 and Chapter 8 relating to the update or the amendment of those Annexes.
(5)Pursuant to Article 47(1) of the Agreement, Annex III-A to the Agreement may be amended by a decision of the Association Committee in Trade configuration.
(6)Several Union acts listed in Annex III and Annex XVI to the Agreement have been amended or repealed since the conclusion of negotiations of the Agreement. It is necessary to update those Annexes by adding a number of acts that implement, amend, supplement or replace the measures listed therein.
(7)It is therefore appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the Association Committee in Trade configuration with regard to the envisaged adoption of decisions regarding the update of Annex III (Approximation) concerning rules applicable to standardisation, accreditation, conformity assessment, technical regulation and metrology, and Annex XVI (Public Procurement) to the Agreement.
(8)It is appropriate to publish in the Official Journal of the European Union, after their adoption, the decisions of the Association Committee in Trade configuration updating Annex III and Annex XVI to the Agreement.
(9)In the Association Committee in Trade configuration, the Union is to be represented by the Commission in accordance with Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1#
The position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the Association Committee in Trade configuration shall be based on the following draft Decisions of the Association Committee in Trade configuration attached to this Decision:
(a)Decision No 1/2018 of the EU-Georgia Association Committee in Trade configuration updating Annex III to the Agreement (Approximation) concerning rules applicable to standardisation, accreditation, conformity assessment, technical regulation and metrology;
(b)Decision No 2/2018 of the EU-Georgia Association Committee in Trade configuration updating Annex XVI to the Agreement (public procurement).
Article 2#
After their adoption, the Decisions of the Association Committee in Trade configuration referred to in Article 1 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
III
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.
| 1. | Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/ECnoteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 2. | 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)noteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 3. | 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)noteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 4. | Council Directive 92/42/EEC of 21 May 1992 on efficiency requirements for new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuelsnoteTimetable: during 2013 |
| 5. | 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)noteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 6. | 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/ECnoteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 7. | 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 usesnoteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 8. | 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)noteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 9. | 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/ECnoteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 10. | 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)noteTimetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 11. | 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)noteTimetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 12. | 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/EECnoteTimetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 13. | 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/EUnoteTimetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 14. | 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/ECnoteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 15. | 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/EECnoteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 16. | 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)noteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 17. | Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toysnoteTimetable: within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 18. | 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/EECnoteTimetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 19. | 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)noteTimetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
| 20. | 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)noteTimetable: within eight years of the entry into force of this Agreement |
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Georgia: indicative list of issues for cooperation
1.Training, in Georgia and EU Member States, of Georgian officials from government bodies engaged in public procurement;
2.Training of suppliers interested participating in public procurement;
3.Exchange of information and experience on best practice and regulatory rules in the sphere of public procurement;
4.Enhancement of the functionality of the public procurement website and establishment of a system of public procurement monitoring;
5.Consultations and methodological assistance from the EU Party in application of modern electronic technologies in the sphere of public procurement;
6.Strengthening the bodies charged with guaranteeing a coherent policy in all areas related to public procurement and the independent and impartial consideration (review) of contracting authorities' decisions. (Cf. Article 143 paragraph 2 of this Agreement).
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