Considerations on COM(2017)723 - Conclusion of a Third Additional Protocol to the Partnership Agreement with Mexico to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

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dossier COM(2017)723 - Conclusion of a Third Additional Protocol to the Partnership Agreement with Mexico to take account of the accession of ...
document COM(2017)723 EN
date April  8, 2019
 
table>(1)The Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (2) (the ‘Global Agreement’), was signed on 8 December 1997 and entered into force on 1 October 2000.
(2)In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, the accession of Croatia to the Global Agreement is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Global Agreement concluded between the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and the United Mexican States.

(3)On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the United Mexican States with a view to concluding the Third Additional Protocol to the Global Agreement to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (the ‘Protocol’). The negotiations were successfully concluded and the Protocol was signed in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2018/2024 (3) on 27 November 2018.

(4)The Protocol should be approved,