Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2016)529 - Signing and provisional application 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)529 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the association agreement with Jordan to take account of the accession ... |
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| source | COM(2016)529  |
| 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 these agreements.
The Euro-Mediterranean 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, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", was signed in Brussels on 24 November 1997, 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 signing and provisional application of the Protocol.
The negotiations on the Protocol with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan were formally concluded on 6 May 2014. The Commission judges the results of the negotiations to be satisfactory and requests the Council to adopt the attached Decision on the signing and provisional application of the Protocol.
• Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area
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.
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(5) thereof, as well as Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia.
3. OTHER ELEMENTS
In parallel, a separate proposal on the conclusion of this Agreement is also submitted.