Considerations on COM(2017)82 - Conclusion of the Protocol to the partnership agreement with Iraq to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

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dossier COM(2017)82 - Conclusion of the Protocol to the partnership agreement with Iraq to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU.
document COM(2017)82 EN
date February 20, 2017
 
(1) The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part, was signed on 11 May 2012 and is presently undergoing ratification.

(2) 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.

(3) 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 Republic of Iraq were successfully concluded with the initialling of the Protocol on 24 August 2016.

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

(5) In accordance with Council Decision [XXX] 2 the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, 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.