Considerations on JOIN(2016)42 - Signing and provisional application of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Cuba

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dossier JOIN(2016)42 - Signing and provisional application of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Cuba.
document JOIN(2016)42 EN
date December  6, 2016
 
table>(1)On 10 February 2014 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Cuba for a political dialogue and cooperation agreement.
(2)Negotiations were successfully completed with the initialling, on 11 March 2016, of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Cuba, of the other part (‘the Agreement’).

(3)Article 86(3) of the Agreement provides for its provisional application pending its entry into force.

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

(5)The provisional application of parts of the Agreement does not prejudge the allocation of competences between the Union and its Member States in accordance with the Treaties. It should also be consistent with the nature of Union competence, in particular as regards matters referred to in Titles IV to VII of Part III of the Agreement,