Ad Hoc WG on Association Agreements
Ad hoc Working Group on Association Agreements
- identify best practices, successes and failures as well as exchange experiences between Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in their path of implementation of the Association Agreements with the EU;
- strengthen and share the political analyse of the possible successes and / or obstacles encountered by the concerned Eastern Partners on that path;
- identify the best possible solutions that can be proposed in a concerted or separate effort in order to achieve the intended goal of full implementation of the Association Agreements;
- draw up recommendations or motions for resolution to be submitted to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, if instructed by the Bureau.
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Members
The Ad hoc Working Group on Association Agreements is composed of 18 Members:
- 9 from the delegations of the Eastern Partner countries associated with the EU (Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine);
- 9 from the European Parliament.
As of October 2021, the Group included the following Members:Co-Chairs:
- Mr Nacho SANCHEZ AMOR (Spain, S&D), representing the European Parliament
- Mr Maka BOTCHOROSHVILI(Georgia)
Additional Members from the European Parliament:- Mr Traian BĂSESCUI (Romania, EPP)
- Mr Andrzej HALICKI (Poland, EPP)
- Ms Marina KALJURAND (Estonia, S&D)
- Ms Ramona STRUGARIU (Romania, Renew)
- Ms Viola VON CRAMON (Germany, Green/EFA)
- Ms Rosanna CONTE (Italy, ID)
- Mr Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI (Poland/ECR)
- Ms Anja HAZEKAMP (Netherlands, GUE/NGL)
Additional Members from the Partner countries:- Mr. Levan KARUMIDZE (Georgia)
- Vacant (Georgia)
- Mr Dumitru ALAIBA (Moldova)
- Ms Nina COSERU(Moldova)
- Ms Ersilia QATRAWI(Moldova)
- Mr Ivan KRULKO (Ukraine)
- Mr Volodymyr ARIEV (Ukraine)
- Ms Olena VINTONIAK (Ukraine)
Meetings
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4th meeting: 28 January 2019, Brussels
Draft agenda
1. Adoption of the draft agenda (AP 102.647)
2. Adoption of the draft minutes (AP 102.649)
3. Parliamentary oversight instruments and practice on the implementation of Association Agreements
- Presentation by Prof Kataryna Wolczuk (University of Birmingham), based on the findings of her study on "The
Development of an Institutional Framework for the Implementation of the Association Agreements in Georgia,
Moldova and Ukraine: a comparative perspective"
- Presentation by Members of the Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan Parliaments
- Followed by an exchange of views
4. Date and place of the next meeting
5. Any other business
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3rd meeting: 26 June 2018, Brussels
Draft agenda
- Adoption of the draft agenda
- Adoption of the draft minutes
- Presentation of the draft study on institutional mechanisms of the implementation of
Association Agreements in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, by Prof. Kataryna Wolczuk
(University of Birmingham), followed by an exchange of views - Short debriefing on the second interparliamentary conference between the parliaments of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (Kyiv, 8-9 June 2018)
- Date and place of the next meeting
- Any other business
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2nd meeting: 13 February 2018, Tbilisi
Draft Agenda
- Adoption of the draft agenda
- Follow-up to the first meeting of the working group held in Kyiv on 31 October 2017
- Exchange of views on progress and challenges in the implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs)
- Date and place of the next meeting
- Any other business
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1st meeting: 31 October 2017, Kyiv
Draft Agenda
- Adoption of the draft agenda
- Exchange of views on the objectives and working methods of the ad hoc working group
- Exchange of views on the institutional procedures, mechanisms and capacities for the implementation of Association Agreements in the three associated countries, with a focus on Ukraine
- Selection of a topic for an exchange of practice at the next meeting on the legal approximation and implementation related to a particular chapter of the Association Agreements in the three associated countries
- Date and place of the next meeting
- Any other business