Activites

• 2004/09/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2004/635
  • OJ L 304 30.09.2004, p. 0038-0038
• #2575
• 2003/12/22 Council Meeting
• 2003/12/22 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2003/12/22 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2001/11/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0632/2001 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the report by Mr Hugues MARTIN (EPP-ED, F) concerning the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Arab Republic of Egypt.�

• 2001/11/28 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2001/11/06 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0387/2001
• 2001/09/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• #2360
• 2001/06/19 Council Meeting
• 2001/05/07 Legislative proposal published
  • 08220/2001 summary

    This docments present the draft Framework Decision concerning the signature, on behalf of the European Community, of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States on the one hand, and the Arabic Republic of Egypt, on the other hand. �

  • DG ['External Relations'],
• 2001/04/09 Initial legislative proposal published
  • COM(2001)0184 summary

    PURPOSE : to conclude a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Arab Republic of Egypt. CONTENT : the proposal constitutes the legal instrument for the conclusion of the a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the EC and their Member States and the Republic of Egypt. The proposed Association Agreement between the EU and Egypt will open a new era in bilateral relations and will consolidate the Euro-Mediterranean partnership launched by the 1995 Barcelona Declaraton. It will contribute to peace and security in the region and will stimulate trade and economic relations between Egypt and the EC and between Egypt and its Mediterranean partners. The Association Agreement focuses on the following main elements: - a political, economic, social and cultural dialogue with Egypt; - provisions for enhanced regional co-operation, including the creation of a regional Euro-Mediterranean free trade area; - the establishment of a free-trade area between the European Community and Egypt with improved concessions on agricultural products and the elimination of tariffs on industrial products within 12-15 years after the entry onto force of the Agreement; - provisions on the movement of persons, on the rights of establishment and supply of services; and on payments, competition and the movement of capital; - provisions for economic and financial co-operation on a wide range of fields; - provision for the establishment of an Association Council to supervise the implementation of the agreement, and of an Association Committee. The Association Council shall take measures to promote co-operation between the European Parliament and the Egyptian People's Assembly. It should be noted that the procedures for the conclusion of the Agreement are different for the European Communities: (European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community). As regards the conclusion of the Agreement, the Council concludes the Agreement on behalf of the European Community, after having received the assent of the European Parliament, by virtue of Article 310 of the Treaty; the Commission concludes the Agreement on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community, by virtue of Article 95 of the ECSC Treaty, with the unanimous assent of the Council and the following consultation of the Consultative Committee. In line with the above the Commission requests the Council to conclude the Agreement.�

  • DG ['External Relations'],

Documents

• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0184
• Legislative proposal published: 08220/2001
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0387/2001
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0632/2001
• : Decision 2004/635
• : OJ L 304 30.09.2004, p. 0038-0038

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)