Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2016)527 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the association agreement with Jordan to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2016)527 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the association agreement with Jordan to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU. |
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| source | COM(2016)527  |
| date | 23-08-2016 |
1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
• Reasons for and objectives of the proposal
According to its Act of Accession, the Republic of 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.
By its Decision of 14 September 2012 1 , the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned, in order to conclude the relevant protocols.
The Euro-Mediteranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, (‘the Agreement’), was signed in Brussels on 24 November 1997 and entered into force on 1 May 2002.
The proposed Protocol incorporates the Republic of Croatia as a contracting party to the Agreement and commits the Union to providing an authentic version of the Agreement in Croatian. The attached proposal constitutes the legal instrument for the conclusion of the Protocol.
The negotiations on the Protocol with the Hashmite Kingdom of Jordan were formally concluded on 6 May 2014. The Commission judges the results of the negotiations to be satisfactory and requests that the Council adopt the attached Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament.
2. LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
• Legal basis
Article 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof, and Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia.
3. OTHER ELEMENTS
A separate proposal on the signing and provisional application of this Agreement is also being submitted.