EC/Ukraine Partnership and Cooperation Agreement: preservation of commitments on trade in services

The Council adopted a Decision approving the signature and provisional application of an agreement with Ukraine aimed at preserving the provisions on international maritime transport contained in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Ukraine, following its accession to the WTO on 16 May 2008.

The PCA provisions on trade in services will automatically be superseded by Ukraine's commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services. These commitments cover the corresponding PCA provisions except for those on international maritime transport, which the new agreement maintains on a bilateral basis.