Considerations on COM(2016)527 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the association agreement with Jordan to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

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dossier COM(2016)527 - Conclusion of a Protocol to the association agreement with Jordan to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU.
document COM(2016)527 EN
date August 23, 2016
 
(1) The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part 2 , (‘the Agreement’) was signed in Brussels on 24 November 1997 and entered into force on 1 May 2002.

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

(3) In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Agreement is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Agreement (‘the Protocol’). A simplified procedure is to apply to such accession, whereby a protocol is to be concluded between the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and the third country concerned.

(4) On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned in view of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Union. The negotiations with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan were successfully concluded by exchange of letters on 6 May 2014.

(5) In accordance with Council Decision [XXX] 3 the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union was signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States in […] on […], subject to conclusion of the Protocol at a later date.

(6) The Protocol should be approved on behalf of the Union and its Member States.