Considerations on COM(2018)195 - Signing of the Investment Protection Agreement with Singapore

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dossier COM(2018)195 - Signing of the Investment Protection Agreement with Singapore.
document COM(2018)195 EN
date October 15, 2018
 
table>(1)On 23 April 2007, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). That authorisation provided for the possibility of bilateral negotiations.
(2)On 22 December 2009, the Council authorised the Commission to pursue bilateral FTA negotiations with individual ASEAN Member States, starting with Singapore, which were to be conducted in accordance with the existing negotiating directives.

(3)On 12 September 2011, the Council authorised the Commission to extend the on-going negotiations with Singapore also to cover investment protection.

(4)The negotiations for an Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Singapore, of the other part (the Agreement) have been concluded and the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to the fulfilment of the procedures required for its conclusion at a later date,