council decis novemb conclus agreement european commun govern peopl republ china cooper mutual administr assist custom matter ec council european union regard treati establish european commun articl read conjunct articl subparagraph sentenc thereof regard propos commiss april council adopt decis authoris commiss negoti custom cooper agreement behalf commun canada hong kong japan korea unit state extend regard asean countri china agreement european commun govern peopl republ china cooper mutual administr assist custom matter approv decid articl agreement european commun govern peopl republ china cooper mutual administr assist custom matter approv behalf european commun text agreement attach decis articl commiss assist repres member state repres commun joint custom cooper committe set articl agreement articl presid council authoris design person empow sign agreement behalf commun express consent commun bound articl presid council effect notif provid articl agreement behalf commun brussel novemb council presid zalm date entri forc agreement publish offici journal european union gener secretariat council