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<p>The EU Association Agreements with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia must be ratified
by all 28 Member States, the EU, the European Atomic Energy Community and Ukraine,
Moldova or Georgia, as the case may be, in order to enter fully into force. Ukraine
ratified its Association Agreement on 16 September, Moldova on 2 July and Georgia
on 18 July 2014. <br><br>At EU level, the ratification procedure involves the European
Parliament giving its consent to the conclusion of the Agreements and the Council
adopting a decision concluding each Agreement. The European Parliament gave its consent
to the conclusion of the Association Agreement with Ukraine by the EU, acting on behalf
of its Member States, on 16 September 2014, and is expected to give its consent to
the conclusion of the Agreements with Georgia and Moldova by the end of the year.
The conclusion of each Agreement by the European Commission, acting on behalf of the
European Atomic Energy Community, was approved on 23 June 2014 in relation to the
Ukraine Association Agreement, 16 June in relation to Georgia and 16 June in relation
to Moldova. In addition, each Member State must go through its internal procedures
for ratification. <br><br>The UK’s procedures leading to ratification are underway.
The Ukraine Association Agreement was laid before Parliament under the Constitutional
Reform and Governance Act 2010 on 6 October 2014; the Georgia Association Agreement
on 3 October 2014 and the Moldova Association Agreement on 10 October 2014.</p>
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