Considerations on COM(2020)51 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the association agreement with Central America to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

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dossier COM(2020)51 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the association agreement with Central America to take account of the ...
document COM(2020)51 EN
date October 23, 2020
 
table>(1)The Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other (1) (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 29 June 2012 and Part IV (Trade) thereof, with the exception of Article 271 thereof, has been applied pursuant to Article 353(4) of the Agreement between the Union and Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama since 1 August 2013; between the Union and Costa Rica and El Salvador since 1 October 2013; and between the Union and Guatemala since 1 December 2013.
(2)On 24 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Central America in order to conclude a protocol to the Agreement to take account of the accession of Croatia to the Union (‘the Protocol’).

(3)The negotiations were successfully completed on 27 June 2019.

(4)The Protocol should be signed and applied, on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its entry into force,