Considerations on COM(2015)311 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement with Korea to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

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dossier COM(2015)311 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement with Korea to take account of the accession of ...
document COM(2015)311 EN
date April 21, 2016
 
table>(1)The Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’), was signed in Brussels on 10 May 2010.
(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, Croatia's accession to the Agreement is to be agreed by means of a Protocol to the Agreement. A simplified procedure is to apply whereby the Protocol is to be concluded by the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the third countries concerned.

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

(5)Article 4(3) of the Protocol provides for its provisional application before its entry into force.

(6)The Protocol should be signed, and applied on a provisional basis pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion,