Council Decision (EU) 2017/1792 of 29 May 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Bilateral Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on prudential measures regarding insurance and reinsurance

• Celex Number: 32017D1792
• Coming into Force: 29 May 2017
• End of Effective Date: 31 December 9999
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2017/1792/oj
• Published date: 06 October 2017
• Date: 29 May 2017
• Official Gazette Publication: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea, L 258, 6 de octubre de 2017,Gazzetta ufficiale dell'Unione europea, L 258, 6 ottobre 2017,Journal officiel de l'Union européenne, L 258, 6 octobre 2017

6.10.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 258/1

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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2017/1792

of 29 May 2017

on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Bilateral Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on prudential measures regarding insurance and reinsurance

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) On 21 April 2015 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the United States of America for an agreement on reinsurance. The negotiations were successfully concluded by an exchange of letters between the lead negotiators on 12 January 2017.

(2) The Bilateral Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on prudential measures regarding insurance and reinsurance (‘the Agreement’) should be signed.

(3) With a view to enabling the setting-up of the Joint Committee

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