Considerations on COM(2019)427 - EU position in the Joint Committee EU-Switzerland on the linking of their greenhouse gas emission trading systems to amend Annex I and II to the Agreement - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2019)427 - EU position in the Joint Committee EU-Switzerland on the linking of their greenhouse gas emission trading systems to amend ... |
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| document | COM(2019)427  |
| date | November 21, 2019 |
| (2) | The Agreement was concluded by Council Decision (EU) 2018/219 (3). Article 2(2) of that Decision provides that the instrument of approval of the Union is only to be notified when the Swiss Confederation has brought into force the requisite rules extending its ETS to aviation and section B of Annex I to the Agreement has been amended accordingly. |
| (3) | Article 13(2) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee may amend the Annexes to the Agreement. |
| (4) | The Joint Committee, during its meeting on 5 December 2019, is to adopt a Decision regarding the amendment of Annexes I and II to the Agreement. |
| (5) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken, on the Union’s behalf, within the Joint Committee with regard to the amendment of Annexes I and II to the Agreement, as the amended Annexes will be binding on the Union. |
| (6) | Once the Joint Committee has amended Annexes I and II to the Agreement to take account of relevant legislative developments, including the relevant Swiss rules extending the Swiss ETS to aviation, it will be considered that the conditions for linking set out in the Agreement have been fulfilled and that, therefore, the Union should notify its instrument of approval to the Swiss Confederation. |
| (7) | The position of the Union within the Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision, |