Decision No 2/2022 of the EU-CTC Joint Committee established by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure of 25 August 2022 as regards an invitation to Ukraine to accede to that Convention [2022/1642]

23.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 247/75 DECISION No 2/2022 of the EU-CTC Joint Committee established by the Convention of 20 May 1987on a common transit procedure of 25 August 2022 as regards an invitation to Ukraine to accede to that Convention [2022/1642] THE EU-CTC JOINT COMMITTEE, Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure(1), and in particular Article 15(3), point (e), thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Ukraine has expressed its wish to accede to the Convention on a common transit procedure (‘the Convention’).

(2) The movement of goods with Ukraine would be facilitated by a common transit procedure for goods transported between Ukraine and the European Union, Iceland, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

(3) With a view to achieving such facilitation, it is appropriate to invite Ukraine to accede to the Convention,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Ukraine shall be invited to accede to the Convention in accordance with Article 15a of the Convention as from 1 October 2022.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 25 August 2022.

For the EU-CTC Joint Committee The President Matthias PETSCHKE

(1) OJ L 226, 13.8.1987, p. 2.