Considerations on COM(2017)549 - Approval of the conclusion on behalf of Euratom of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with Armenia

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dossier COM(2017)549 - Approval of the conclusion on behalf of Euratom of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with Armenia.
document COM(2017)549 EN
date September 25, 2017
 
(1) On 29 September 2015, the Council adopted Decisions authorising the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to negotiate a Framework Agreement between the European Union and Armenia.

(2) Negotiation of the Agreement began on 7 December 2015 and the European Union and Armenia initialled the Agreement on 21 March 2017.

(3) The Commission proposes to the Council that the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union and applied on a provisional basis in accordance with Article 385 of the Agreement, pending its conclusion at a later date.

(4) The Agreement also covers matters falling under Euratom competences, namely Articles 42-44.

(5) The signature and conclusion of the Agreement are subject to a separate procedure as regards matters falling under the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(6) The Agreement should therefore also be concluded on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, as regards matters falling under the Euratom Treaty.

(7) Article 102 of the Euratom Treaty states that the Agreement may not enter into force for the European Atomic Energy Community until the European Commission has been notified by the Member States that such agreement has become applicable in accordance with the provisions of their respective national laws.

(8) The conclusion of the Agreement by the European Commission, acting on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, should be approved.