Considerations on JOIN(2015)24 - Signing and provisional application of the Enhanced partnership agreement with Kazakhstan

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dossier JOIN(2015)24 - Signing and provisional application of the Enhanced partnership agreement with Kazakhstan.
document JOIN(2015)24 EN
date October 26, 2015
 
table>(1)On 13 April 2011, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Kazakhstan on an Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (‘the Agreement’).
(2)Negotiations on the Agreement were successful and the Agreement was initialled on 20 January 2015.

(3)Article 281 of the Agreement provides for the provisional application in whole or in part of the Agreement before its entry into force.

(4)The Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union and applied in part on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.

(5)The signing of the Agreement on behalf of the Union and the provisional application of parts of the Agreement between the Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan is without prejudice to the allocation of competences between the Union and its Member States in accordance with the Treaties,