PRESENTATION OF MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 3O –External Relations Bilateral screening: Chapter 3O PRESENTATION OF MONTENEGRO Brussels, 12 June 2013

FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS (FTAs) Chapter 30: External Relations AND MONTENEGRO Svetlana Bozovic Ministry of Economy svetlana.bozovic@mek.gov.me M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

PRESENTATION STRUCTURE Chapter 30: External Relations 1. List of FTAs in force 2. Scope of FTAs 3. Termination of FTAs 4. Ongoing negotiations M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

Chapter 30: External Relations 1. FTAs in force EFTA UKRAINE CEFTA TURKEY RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAA MONTENEGRO M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

Chapter 30: External Relations 2. SCOPE OF THE FTAs 2.1. FTA BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO AND THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE Signed: 18 November 2011 in Kyiv Published in Official Gazette of Montenegro – International Agreements, no 3/2012, from 8 March 2012 Entered into force: 1 January 2013 Scope: Goods and Services Annex I - Customs duties on import (administered by the Ministry of Economy, Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Finance and Customs Authority) Annex II - Rules of Origin and Methods of Administrative Co-operation (administered by the Customs Authority) Annex III - Schedules of Specific Commitments and Lists of MFN Exemptions (administered by the Ministry of Economy, Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Insurance Supervision Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Ministry of Interior, Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunication, Ministry of Justice) Annex IV - Financial Services (administered by Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Insurance Supervision Agency) Annex V - Telecommunications Services (administered by Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunication) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

2.2.1. FTA BETWEEN THE EFTA STATES AND MONTENEGRO Chapter 30: External Relations 2.2.1. FTA BETWEEN THE EFTA STATES AND MONTENEGRO   Signed: 14 November 2011 in Geneve Published in Official Gazette of Montenegro – International Agreements, no 8/2012 from 19 June 2012 Entered into force: MNE – Swiss and Lichtenstein - 1 September 2012 MNE – Island – 1 October 2012 MNE – Norway – 1 November 2012 Scope: Goods Agreement on Agriculture between Switzerland and Montenegro, Agreement on Agriculture between Norway and Montenegro and Agreement on Agriculture between Island and Montenegro (administered by the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development) Annex I – Excluded Products (administered by the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance and Customs Authority) Annex II - Processed Agricultural Products (administered by the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development) Annex III - Fish and Other Marine Products (administered by the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development) Annex IV - Trade Facilitation (administered by the Ministry of Economy, Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Finance and Customs Authority) Annex V - Mandate of the Sub-committee on Rules of Origin, Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation (administered by the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Ministry of Finance and Customs Authority) Annex VI - Protection of Intellectual Property (administered by the Intellectual Property Office) Annex VII - Transitional Arrangement (administered by the Ministry of Economy) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

2.3.1. FTA BETWEEN MONTENEGRO AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY Chapter 30: External Relations 2.3.1. FTA BETWEEN MONTENEGRO AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY   Signed: 26 November 2008 in Istanbul Published in Official Gazette of Montenegro – International Agreements, no 03/2009 from 31 July 2009 Entered into force: 1 March 2010 Scope: Goods Annex I - List of products referred to in Articles 3 and 9 (administered by the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Finance and Customs Authority) Annex II - Montenegrin Tariff Concessions for Industrial Products Originating in Turkey (administered by the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance and Customs Authority) PROTOCOL I - Referred to in Article 10 (administered by the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development) PROTOCOL II - Concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products“ and methods of administrative co-operation (administered by the Customs Authority) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

Chapter 30: External Relations 2.4.1. AGREEMENT ON AMENDMENT OF AND ACCESSION TO THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN FTA (CEFTA 2006 AGREEMENT) CEFTA parties are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, UNMIK Kosovo Signed: 19 December 2006 in Bucharest Published in Official Gazette of Montenegro – International Agreements, no 18/2007 Entered into force: 22 November 2007 Objective: Consolidate in a single agreement the existing level of trade liberalization achieved through the network of bilateral free trade agreements already concluded between the Parties. Scope: Goods (administered by the Ministry of Economy, Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Finance, Customs Authority) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

Chapter 30: External Relations 2.5.1. FTA BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF FYR AND THE GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION Signed: 28 August 2000 in Belgrade Published in Official Gazette of FYR – International Agreements, no 01 from 11 May 2001 Entered into force: 19 May 2001 Objective: to increase and enhance the trade and economic cooperation; harmonisations of customs procedures and methods of implementations of rules of origin Scope: Goods Protocol about products which are excluded from free trade regime under Free trade Agreement  between the Federal Government of FYR and the Government of Russian Federation (Administered by the Ministry of Economy, Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Finance, Customs Authority and Ministry of Health) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

Chapter 30: External Relations 3. TERMINATION OF FTAs Ukraine Article 59, paragraph 3 EFTA Article 50, paragraph 2 CEFTA Article 51, paragraph 3 Turkey Article 36, paragraph 3 Russian Federation Article 21, paragraph 2 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

Chapter 30: External Relations 3. 1. TERMINATION OF FTAs Ukraine Article 59, paragraph 3 “Without prejudice to Article 4, on the day of the accession of each Party of this Agreement to the European Union, this Agreement shall cease to be effective.” EFTA Article 50, paragraph 2 “ On the day of accession of Montenegro to the European Union, this Agreement shall, ipso facto, cease to be effective. ” CEFTA Article 51, paragraph 3 “The Parties agree that in the event of any eligible Party becoming a member of the European Union, that Party will withdraw from this Agreement. Withdrawal shall take place at the latest the day before membership takes effect and without any compensation to the other Parties subject to the altered conditions of trade.”   M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

Chapter 30: External Relations 3. 2. TERMINATION OF FTAs Turkey Article 36, paragraph 3 “The Parties agree that, in case of accession of one of the Parties to this Agreement to the European Union, the Agreement will be terminated on the previous day before the date of the accession to the EU.” Russian Federation Article 21, paragraph 2 “This Agreement is concluded for an unlimited period and this Agreement shall cease to be effective after six months from the day of written notification to the other Party about intention to terminate this Agreement.” M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

Chapter 30: External Relations 4. ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS   Negotiations with the Customs Union (Russian Federation, Republic of Kazakhstan and Republic of Belarus) Liberalization of trade in services in CEFTA 2006 Agreement (still not opened) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 30: External Relations

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