Agreement

in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine in relation to export duties

A. Letter from the Government of Ukraine

Kiev, 11 December 2007

Your Excellency,

In the context of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, and Ukraine of 14 June 1994, and pursuant to negotiations on the accession of Ukraine to the World Trade Organisation, the purpose of this letter is to confirm that duties applied by Ukraine to goods originating therein and exported to the European Community shall be eliminated upon the entry into force of an EU-Ukraine Free Trade Area agreement, to be negotiated after finalisation of Ukraine's WTO accession process, in the framework of a new Enhanced Agreement.

I propose that this letter and your reply to it will establish a formal agreement between us.

This Agreement will enter into force as from the date on which the European Community receives a written notification from Ukraine to the effect that it has completed the necessary internal procedures.

I confirm that this letter and your reply establish a formal agreement between us.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of Ukraine

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B. Letter from the European Community

Brussels, 1 April 2008

Your Excellency,

I confirm the receipt of the letter from the Government of Ukraine dated 11 December 2007 for which I thank you, and which reads as follows:

"In the context of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, and Ukraine of 14 June 1994, and pursuant to negotiations on the accession of Ukraine to the World Trade Organisation, the purpose of this letter is to confirm that duties applied by Ukraine to goods originating therein and exported to the European Community shall be eliminated upon the entry into force of an EU-Ukraine Free Trade Area agreement, to be negotiated after finalisation of Ukraine's WTO accession process, in the framework of a new Enhanced Agreement.

I propose that this letter and your reply to it will establish a formal agreement between us.

This agreement will enter into force as from the date on which the European Community receives a written notification from Ukraine to the effect that it has completed the necessary internal procedures.

I confirm that this letter and your reply establish a formal agreement between us."

I confirm that the above-quoted letter and my reply will establish a formal agreement between us.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the European Community

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