Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2018)603 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the association agreement with Tunisia to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2018)603 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the association agreement with Tunisia to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU. |
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| source | COM(2018)603  |
| date | 24-08-2018 |
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, was signed in Brussels on 17 July 1995. The Agreement entered into force on 1 March 1998.
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 is 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.
On 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 Republic of Tunisia were successfully concluded on 11 May 2018.
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 European Parliament’s consent.