Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2634 of 29 July 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/287 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specific provisions contained in the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kenya

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/287 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 February 2019 implementing bilateral safeguard clauses and other mechanisms allowing for the temporary withdrawal of preferences in certain trade agreements concluded between the European Union and third countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/287 lays down provisions for the implementation of bilateral safeguard clauses and other mechanisms allowing for the temporary withdrawal of preferences in certain trade agreements concluded between the European Union and one or more third countries. The provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/287 do not affect any specific provisions contained in those trade agreements, where such provisions are not in accordance with that Regulation. Such specific provisions contained in certain trade agreements are listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287.

(2) The European Union and Kenya have concluded an Economic Partnership Agreement (2) containing certain provisions on bilateral safeguards that are not in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/287. Therefore, the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287 should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The text in the Annex to this Regulation is added to the text in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 July 2024.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 53, 22.2.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/287/oj.

(2) OJ L, 2024/1648, 1.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2024/1648/oj.