2 Amendments of John Stuart AGNEW related to 2016/0308(COD)
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States of the one part and Ukraine, of the other part1 constitutes the basis of the relationship between the Union and Ukraine. Title IV on trade and trade- related matters is provisionally applied since 1 January 20162. In its preamble, the Parties to the Association Agreement have expressed their desire to strengthen and widen relations in an ambitious and innovative way; __________________ 1, noting that while the development of trade links is useful in its own right, the sovereign rights of Ukraine should be respected and the Agreement should not be seen as simply a precursor to the expansion of the Union; __________________ 1 OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3 OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3 2 Council Decision 2014/668/EU of 23 June 2014 (OJ L 278, 20.9.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In view of the economic reform efforts undertaken by Ukraine, and in order to support the development of closer economictrade relations with the European Union, it is appropriate to increase the trade flows concerning the import of certain agricultural products and to grant concessions in the form of autonomous trade measures in selected industrial products in line with the acceleration of the elimination of customs duties on trade between the European Union and Ukraine.