Considerations on COM(2014)582 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the association agreement with Morocco to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

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dossier COM(2014)582 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the association agreement with Morocco to take account of the accession ...
document COM(2014)582 EN
date September 22, 2014
 
(1) The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part   ('the Agreement') was signed in Brussels on 26 February 1996 and entered into force on 1 March 2000.

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

(3) Under the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Agreement concluded between the Council, acting on behalf of the Union and unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the  Kingdom of Morocco.

(4) On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned. The negotiations were successfully concluded with the Kingdom of Morocco by the initialling of the Protocol attached to this decision.

(5) Article 7 of the Protocol provides for its provisional application before its entry into force.

(6) The Protocol should be signed, subject to its conclusion at a later date and applied on a provisional basis.