Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2018)166 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the association agreement with Israel to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2018)166 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the association agreement with Israel to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU. |
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| source | COM(2018)166  |
| date | 04-04-2018 |
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, was signed in Brussels on 20 November 1995. The Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2000.
In its Act of Accession, the Republic of Croatia undertakes to accede to the international agreements already signed or concluded by the European Union and its Member States by means of a protocol to those agreements.
The attached proposal constitutes the legal instrument for concluding the Protocol to the Agreement, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.
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 negotiations with the State of Israel were successfully concluded on 28 September 2017.
The Commission judges the results of the negotiations to be satisfactory and requests the Council to adopt the attached proposal for a Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament.
In accordance with EU policy, in particular the Council Conclusions of 10 December 2012, this Protocol shall not apply to the geographic areas that came under the administration of the State of Israel after 5 June 1967.