Annex
"Insofar as Article 4 of the Decision is concerned,
the Council, the Commission and the High Representative agree
that provisional application by the European Union of the Association
Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the following
understandings:
"(i) The provisional application of the General
Principles set down in Article 2 of the Association Agreement
is necessary to enable the EU to take appropriate measures in
accordance with Article 478 in the event that Ukraine fails to
fulfil its commitments and is without prejudice to the division
of competences between the Union and the Member States on the
matters referred to therein.
"(ii) The reference to cooperation in Article
14 of the Association Agreement does not constitute an exercise
by the European Union of competence pursuant to Title V of Part
III of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union."
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