Council Decision (EU) 2022/967

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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 217 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 the Republic of Moldova, of the other part^note (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 27 June 2014 and entered into force on 1 July 2016.

(2)Pursuant to Article 436(1) of the Agreement, the Association Council has the power to adopt recommendations, for the purposes of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

(3)To facilitate the application of the Agreement, the Parties have agreed to establish an association agenda with a view to providing a list of priorities for their joint work on a sector-by-sector basis.

(4)The Association Council is to adopt the recommendation on the EU-Republic of Moldova Association Agenda for 2021-2027 by written procedure.

(5)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the Association Council, as the EU-Republic of Moldova Association Agenda for 2021-2027 will be the basis for programming under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument.

(6)The position of the Union within the Association Council on the adoption of the EU-Republic of Moldova Association Agenda for 2021-2027 should therefore be based on the draft recommendation of the Association Council,

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