Considerations on COM(2016)66 - Conclusion, on behalf of Euratom, of the Protocol to the partnership agreement with Turkmenistan to take account of the accession of new members to the EU

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dossier COM(2016)66 - Conclusion, on behalf of Euratom, of the Protocol to the partnership agreement with Turkmenistan to take account of the ...
document COM(2016)66 EN
date February 18, 2016
 
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic, Article 6(2) of the 2005 Act of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, Article 6(2) of the 2011 Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, the accession to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and its Member States, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the other part ('the Agreement') is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Agreement. In accordance with Article 6(2) of the 2003, 2005 and 2011 Acts of Accession, a simplified procedure is to apply to such accessions, whereby a protocol is to be concluded by the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the third countries concerned. 

(2) On 8 December 2003, the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, to negotiate with Turkmenistan a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the other part to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union.

(3) On 23 October 2006, the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, to negotiate with Turkmenistan a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the other part to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

(4) On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned 1 on the adaptation of agreements signed or concluded between the European Union, or the European Union and its Member States, in view of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

(5) The conclusion, by the Commission, of the Protocol should be approved as regards matters falling within the competence of the European Atomic Energy Community.

(4) The signature and conclusion of the Protocol are subject to a separate procedure as regards matters falling within the competence of the Union and its .