Considerations on COM(2017)412 - Signing and provisional application of the Protocol to the partnership agreement with Kyrgyzstan to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

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dossier COM(2017)412 - Signing and provisional application of the Protocol to the partnership agreement with Kyrgyzstan to take account of the ...
document COM(2017)412 EN
date October 16, 2017
 
table>(1)In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of Croatia, the accession of Croatia to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’) is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Agreement. In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession, a simplified procedure is to apply to such accession, 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 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Kyrgyz Republic for the adaptation of the Agreement. Negotiations for a protocol to the Agreement (the ‘Protocol’) were successfully concluded by exchange of notes verbales.

(3)As regards matters falling within the competence of the European Atomic Energy Community, the signature of the Protocol is subject to a separate procedure.

(4)Therefore, the Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Union and of the Member States, and should, in order to ensure its efficient application, be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force,