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United Kingdom
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RECOMMENDATION No …/… OF THE EU-PLO JOINT COMMITTEE
of …
approving the extension of the EU-PA Action Plan
THE EU-PLO JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other partf1,
Whereas:
(1)
The Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part (the ‘Interim Association Agreement’), was signed on 24 February 1997 and entered into force on 1 July 1997.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 63 of the Interim Association Agreement, the Joint Committee may take decisions and make appropriate recommendations.
(3)
Article 10 of the Rules of Procedures of the Joint Committee provides for the possibility of taking decisions by written procedure between sessions if both Parties so agree.
(4)
The extension of the EU-PA Action Plan for three years will give the Parties the opportunity to take forward their cooperation for the coming years, including through the possible negotiation of partnership priorities,
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:
Done at …, […].
For the EU-PLO Joint Committee
The President