Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2014)480 - Signing and provisional application of the Accession Protocol to the partnership agreement with Indonesia to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2014)480 - Signing and provisional application of the Accession Protocol to the partnership agreement with Indonesia to take account of ... |
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| source | COM(2014)480  |
| date | 23-07-2014 |
According to its Act of Accession, Croatia undertakes to accede to the international agreements signed or concluded by the European Union and its Member States by means of a protocol to those agreements.
The Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Indonesia, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as 'the Agreement', was signed in Jakarta on 9 November 2009 and entered into force on 1 May 2014.
The Council Decision of 14 September 2012 i authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned, in order to conclude the relevant protocols. The negotiations with Indonesia were successfully concluded.
The proposed Protocol incorporates the Republic of Croatia as contracting party to the Agreement. The texts of the Agreement and the Final Act in the Croatian language are annexed to the Protocol and will become authentic under the same conditions as other language versions of the Agreement.
The Protocol will apply provisionally as of the date of its signature.
The Commission considers the outcome of the negotiations satisfactory and requests the Council to authorise the signature, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Protocol.