TITLE VIII |
ARTICLE 89 |
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An Association Council is
hereby established which shall meet at Ministerial level once a year and when
circumstances require, at the initiative of its Chairman and in accordance with the
conditions laid down in its rules of procedure. It shall examine any major
issues arising within the framework of this Agreement and any other bilateral or
international issues of mutual interest. |
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ARTICLE 90 |
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The
Association Council shall consist of the members of the Council of the European Union and
members of the Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and members of the
Government of Jordan, on the other. |
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Members
of the Association Council may arrange to be represented in accordance with the provisions
laid down in its rules of procedure. |
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The
Association Council shall establish its rules of procedure. |
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The
Association Council shall be chaired in turn by a member of the Council of the European
Union and a member of the Government of Jordan, in accordance with the provisions laid
down in its rules of procedure. |
ARTICLE 9 |
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The decisions taken shall be
binding on the Parties which shall take the measures necessary to implement the decisions
taken. The Association Council may also make
appropriate recommendations. It shall draw up its
decisions and recommendations by agreement between the two Parties. |
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ARTICLE 92 |
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Subject
to the powers of the Council, an Association Committee is hereby established which shall
be responsible for the implementation of the Agreement. |
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The
Association Council may delegate to the Association Committee, in full or in part, any of
its powers. |
ARTICLE 9 |
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The
Association Committee, which shall meet at official level, shall consist of
representatives of members of the Council of the European Union and of members of the
Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and of representatives of the
Government of Jordan, on the other. |
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The
Association Committee shall establish its rules of procedure. |
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The
Association Committee shall be chaired in turn by a representative of the Presidency of
the Council of the European Union and by a representative of the Government of Jordan. |
ARTICLE 94 |
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The Association Committee
shall have the power to take decisions for the management of the Agreement as well as in
the areas in which the Council has delegated its powers to it. |
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It shall draw up its
decisions by agreement between the two Parties. These
decisions shall be binding on the Parties which shall take the measures necessary to
implement the decisions taken. |
ARTICLE 95 |
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The Association Council may
decide to set up any working group or body necessary for the implementation of the
Agreement. |
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ARTICLE 96 |
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The Association Council
shall take all appropriate measures to facilitate cooperation and contacts between the
European Parliament and the Jordanian Parliament. |
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ARTICLE 97 |
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Each
of the Parties may refer to the Association Council any dispute relating to the
application or interpretation of this Agreement. |
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The
Association Council may settle the dispute by means of a decision. |
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Each
Party shall be bound to take the measures involved in carrying out the decision referred
to in paragraph 2. |
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In
the event of it not being possible to settle the dispute in accordance with paragraph 2 of this
Article, either Party may notify the other of the appointment of an arbitrator; the other
Party must then appoint a second arbitrator within two months. For the application of this procedure, the
Community and the Member States shall be deemed to be one Party to the dispute. |
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The Association Council
shall appoint a third arbitrator.
The arbitrators' decisions shall be taken by majority vote.
Each Party to the dispute must take the steps required to implement the decision of the
arbitrators. |
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ARTICLE 98 |
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Nothing in the Agreement
shall prevent a Party from taking any measures: |
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which
it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of information contrary to its essential
security interests; |
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which
relate to the production of, or trade in, arms, munitions or war materials or to research,
development or production indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such measures
do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of products not intended for
specifically military purposes; |
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which
it considers essential to its own security in the event of serious internal disturbances
affecting the maintenance of law and order, in time of war or serious international
tension constituting threat of war or in order to carry out obligations it has accepted
for the purpose of maintaining peace and international security. |
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ARTICLE 99 |
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In the fields covered by
this Agreement and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein: |
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the
arrangements applied by Jordan in respect of the Community shall not give rise to any
discrimination between the Member States, their nationals or their companies or firms; |
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ARTICLE 100 |
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As regards direct taxation,
nothing in the Agreement shall have the effect of: |
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extending the
fiscal advantages granted by either Party in any international agreement or arrangement by
which it is bound; |
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preventing the
adoption or application by either Party of any measure aimed at preventing the avoidance
or evasion of taxes; |
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opposing the
right of either Party to apply the relevant provisions of its tax legislation to taxpayers
who are not in identical situations, in particular as regards their place of residence. |
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ARTICLE 101 |
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The
Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations
under the Agreement. They shall see to it
that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained. |
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If
either Party considers that the other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under the
Agreement, it may take appropriate measures. Before
so doing, except in cases of special urgency, it shall supply the Association Council with
all relevant information required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view
to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties. |
In the selection of measures
priority must be given to those which least disturb the functioning of the Agreement.
These measures shall be notified immediately to
the Association Council and shall be the subject of consultations within the Association
Council if the other Party so requests. |
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ARTICLE 102 |
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Protocols 1 to 4 and Annexes I to VII shall form
an integral part of this Agreement. Declarations
and Exchanges of Letters shall appear in the Final Act, which shall likewise form an
integral part of this Agreement. |
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ARTICLE 103 |
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For the purposes of this
Agreement the term "Parties" shall mean, on the one part, the Community or the
Member States, or the Community and the Member States, in accordance with their respective
powers, and, on the other part, Jordan. |
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ARTICLE 104 |
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The Agreement is concluded
for an unlimited period. Each of the Parties may
denounce the Agreement by notifying the other Party. The Agreement shall cease to apply six months after the date of such notification. |
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ARTICLE 105 |
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This Agreement shall apply,
on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaties establishing the European
Community, and the European Coal and Steel Community are applied and under the conditions
laid down in those Treaties and, on the other hand, to the territory of Jordan. |
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ARTICLE 106 |
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This Agreement, drawn up in
duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian,
Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Arabic languages, each of these texts being equally
authentic, shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European
Union. |
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ARTICLE 107 |
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This Agreement
will be approved by the Parties in accordance with their own procedures. |
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This Agreement shall enter
into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Parties
notify each other that the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have
been completed. |
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Upon its entry
into force this Agreement shall replace the Cooperation Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the Agreement between the
Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan, signed in Brussels on 18 January 1977. |