Decision 2025/537 - Accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement with the Pacific States

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
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Current status

This decision entered into force on January 27, 2025.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2025/537 of 27 January 2025 on the accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2025/537
Regdoc number ST(2024)7920
Original proposal COM(2024)20 EN
CELEX number i 32025D0537

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Key dates

Document 27-01-2025; Date of adoption
Effect 27-01-2025; Entry into force Date of document See Art 4
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

 

Official Journal

of the European Union

EN

L series
 
 

2025/537

15.4.2025

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/537

of 27 January 2025

on the accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

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

Whereas:

 

(1)

On 12 June 2002, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.
 

(2)

The Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (2) (the ‘Interim Partnership Agreement’), which establishes a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement, was signed in London on 30 July 2009. The Interim Partnership Agreement has been provisionally applied by the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and the Republic of Fiji since 20 December 2009 and 28 July 2014, respectively.
 

(3)

As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community.
 

(4)

Article 80 of the Interim Partnership Agreement lays down the provisions regarding the accession of other Pacific Islands States. Accordingly, the Independent State of Samoa and Solomon Islands have acceded to the Interim Partnership Agreement and have been provisionally applying it since 31 December 2018 and 17 May 2020, respectively.
 

(5)

On 26 May 2023, Niue submitted an accession request together with a market access offer to the Union.
 

(6)

The Commission has assessed Niue’s offer and found it acceptable. Accordingly, the Commission concluded negotiations with Niue on 12 June 2023.
 

(7)

In accordance with Article 76(3) of the Interim Partnership Agreement, the Union and Niue are to provisionally apply the Interim Partnership Agreement 10 days after notifying each other in writing of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose.
 

(8)

The accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Union, subject to Niue’s deposit of the act of accession pursuant to Article 80(2) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

  • 1. 
    The accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (the ‘Interim Partnership Agreement’), is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to Niue’s deposit of the act of accession pursuant to Article 80(2) thereof.
  • 2. 
    The Commission shall, on behalf of the Union, notify the other Contracting Parties to the Interim Partnership Agreement and Niue of the approval, by the Union, of the accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement.
  • 3. 
    The text of the market access offer of Niue is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

  • 1. 
    For the purposes of provisionally applying the Interim Partnership Agreement between the Union and Niue, the Commission shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification referred to in Article 76(3) of the Interim Partnership Agreement.
  • 2. 
    The Union and Niue shall provisionally apply the Interim Partnership Agreement 10 days after they have notified each other in writing of the...

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