Considerations on COM(2014)91 - Conclusion of an Agreement on the participation of Croatia in the EEA and the related Protocol, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

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dossier COM(2014)91 - Conclusion of an Agreement on the participation of Croatia in the EEA and the related Protocol, to take account of the ...
document COM(2014)91 EN
date February 17, 2014
 
(1) The Agreement on the European Economic Area[2] (‘the EEA Agreement’) was signed in Oporto on 2 May 1992.

(2) The Republic of Croatia became a Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013.

(3) Under Article 6(5) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, Croatia undertakes to accede, under the conditions laid down in the Act, to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, in accordance with Article 128 of that Agreement.

(4) On 4 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway to amend the EEA Agreement and the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014. The Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area (‘the Agreement’), and the related Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014 consequent to the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area (‘the Protocol’), were signed in Brussels on (...). They should now be approved.