Considerations on COM(2015)312 - Conclusion 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)312 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement with Korea to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU.
document COM(2015)312 EN
date July 13, 2018
 
table>(1)Under the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession, Croatia's accession to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part (2), 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.
(2)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 and the Protocol was signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States in Brussels on 21 June 2017 (3).

(3)The Protocol should therefore be approved,