Considerations on COM(2007)350-2 - Conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Montenegro - Main contents

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dossier	COM(2007)350-2 - Conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Montenegro.
document	COM(2007)350
date	March 29, 2010

table>(1)The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’), was signed on 15 October 2007, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(2)

The commercial provisions contained in the Agreement are of an exceptional nature, connected with the policy implemented within the framework of the stabilisation and association process and will not constitute, for the European Union, a precedent in the commercial policy of the Union with regard to third countries other than those of the Western Balkans.

(3)	As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community.

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,