Introductory text
United Kingdom
Council Decision (EU) 2015/926
of 16 March 2015
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council set up by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, with regard to the adoption of a recommendation on the implementation of the EU-Tunisia Action Plan (2013-2017) implementing the privileged partnership
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other partf1 (the ‘Agreement’), was signed on 17 July 1995 and entered into force on 1 March 1998.
(2)
The Parties intend to approve the new EU-Tunisia action plan (2013-2017) implementing the privileged partnership (the ‘Action Plan’) within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy. That Action Plan reflects the special partnership which binds the parties and should contribute to the implementation of the Agreement through the formulation and adoption of specific measures with a view to achieving objectives that it sets out.
(3)
The position of the Union within the Association Council should therefore be based on the attached draft recommendation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: