Decision 2019/573 - Conclusion of the Third Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement with Mexico to take account of the accession of Croatia to the EU

Please note

This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.

1.

Current status

This decision has been published on April 11, 2019 and entered into force on April  8, 2019.

2.

Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2019/573 of 8 April 2019 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Third Additional Protocol to 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, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2019/573
Original proposal COM(2017)723 EN
CELEX number i 32019D0573

3.

Key dates

Document 08-04-2019; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 11-04-2019; OJ L 100 p. 3-4
Effect 08-04-2019; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3
End of validity 31-12-9999

4.

Legislative text

11.4.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 100/3

 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/573

of 8 April 2019

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Third Additional Protocol to 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, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91, Article 100(2), Articles 207 and 211, in conjunction with point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 218(6) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

 

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Third Additional Protocol to 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, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Union and its Member States (4).

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, give the notification provided for in Article 5(2) of the Protocol (5).

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Luxembourg, 8 April 2019.

For the Council

The President

  • F. 
    MOGHERINI
 

  • (1) 
    Consent of 12 February 2019 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
  • (3) 
    Council Decision (EU) 2018/2024 of 22 May 2018 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Third Additional Protocol to 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, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (OJ L 325, 20.12.2018, p. 1).
  • (5) 
    The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
 


More

This text has been adopted from EUR-Lex.

5.

Original proposal

 

6.

Sources and disclaimer

For further information you may want to consult the following sources that have been used to compile this dossier:

This dossier is compiled each night drawing from aforementioned sources through automated processes. We have invested a great deal in optimising the programming underlying these processes. However, we cannot guarantee the sources we draw our information from nor the resulting dossier are without fault.

 

7.

Full version

This page is also available in a full version containing the legal context, de Europese rechtsgrond, other dossiers related to the dossier at hand and the related cases of the European Court of Justice.

The full version is available for registered users of the EU Monitor by ANP and PDC Informatie Architectuur.

8.

EU Monitor

The EU Monitor enables its users to keep track of the European process of lawmaking, focusing on the relevant dossiers. It automatically signals developments in your chosen topics of interest. Apologies to unregistered users, we can no longer add new users.This service will discontinue in the near future.