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The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Agreements concluded under Article XXI GATS) Order 2008

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Agreements concluded under Article XXI GATS) Order 2009 (revoked) No. 220

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Following the accessions of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Republic of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, the European Community notified the World Trade Organisation Council for Trade in Services, under Article XXI GATS, of the proposed modification and withdrawal of certain specific commitments that had been made by the European Community and its Member States and by the new Member States under Article XX GATS.

The European Community and its Member States subsequently offered certain compensatory adjustments to seventeen WTO members affected by the aforementioned modifications under Article XXI GATS, contained in the agreements specified by this Order.

The principal effect of declaring these agreements to be Community Treaties, as so defined, is that the provisions of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 (which provide for the implementation of Community Treaties) apply to it.

An Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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