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Council Decision (EU) 2017/609 of 27 March 2017 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

EU Decision 2017/609 · Adopted 27 March 2017 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision (EU) 2017/609

of 27 March 2017

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, 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 217 in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a),

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 Parliamentf1,

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 Lebanon, of the other partf2 (‘the Agreement’) was signed in Luxembourg on 17 June 2002 and entered into force on 1 April 2006.

(2)

The Republic of Croatia became a Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013.

(3)

Under the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Agreement is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Agreement concluded between the Council, acting on behalf of the Union and unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and the Lebanese Republic.

(4)

On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Lebanese Republic. The negotiations were successfully concluded. In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2016/859f3, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union has been signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States in Brussels on 28 April 2016.

(5)

The Protocol should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Consent of 2 March 2017 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

f2

OJ L 143, 30.5.2006, p. 2.

f3

OJ L 144, 1.6.2016, p. 1.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature

1

The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, 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 Statesf1.

2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 7 of the Protocol, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Protocolf1.

3

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

Signature

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2017.

For the Council

The President

C. Abela