Considerations on JOIN(2016)45 - Signing and provisional application of the Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development between the EU and Afghanistan

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dossier JOIN(2016)45 - Signing and provisional application of the Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development between the EU and ...
document JOIN(2016)45 EN
date February 13, 2017
 
table>(1)In November 2011, the Council authorised the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to open negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on a Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development (‘the Agreement’).
(2)Negotiations on the Agreement were successful and the Agreement was initialled on 2 July 2015 in Kabul.

(3)Article 59 of the Agreement provides for the provisional application of the Agreement before its entry into force.

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

(5)The signing of the Agreement on behalf of the Union and the provisional application of parts of the Agreement between the Union and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan are without prejudice to the allocation of competences between the Union and its Member States in accordance with the Treaties,