{"id":3821,"date":"2016-08-10T09:43:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T14:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itn.mattrock.ca\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:27:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:27:11","slug":"ceta-to-be-concluded-as-a-mixed-agreement-commission-hopes-for-signing-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2016\/08\/10\/ceta-to-be-concluded-as-a-mixed-agreement-commission-hopes-for-signing-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"CETA to be concluded as a mixed agreement; Commission hopes for signing in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 5, 2016,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-16-2371_en.htm\">the European Commission proposed to the Council<\/a>\u00a0that the Canada\u2013European Union <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips41'>CETA<\/span>\u2014agreed to in 2014 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2016\/05\/16\/canada-european-union-ceta-re-concluded-in-february-to-incorporate-eu-ics-proposal\/\">re-concluded in February 2016<\/a>\u2014be signed as a \u201cmixed agreement,\u201d requiring signature and ratification by each of the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips117'>EU<\/span> member states. The Commission thus hopes for \u201ca swift signature and provisional application.\u201d Formal signing would take place in the Canada\u2013European Union Summit, to be held in Brussels in late October.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes one week after Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/trade-society\/news\/eu-leaders-on-collision-course-with-commission-over-ceta\/\">reportedly said<\/a>\u00a0the opposite\u2014that the CETA would be subjected to a simple approval procedure involving the European Parliament only\u2014even against the preference of French President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other EU member state leaders.<\/p>\n<p>EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstr\u00f6m\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-16-2371_en.htm\">clarified<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cthe open issue of competence for such trade agreements will be for the European Court of Justice to clarify, in the near future. From a strict legal standpoint, the Commission considers this agreement to fall under exclusive EU competence. 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