The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, amended the EU's two core treaties, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty). The latter was renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

These changes had various consequences for many ongoing procedures. First of all, the articles of the TEU and of the old EC Treaty that constitute the legal basis of all the proposals founded on those Treaties were renumbered in accordance with the table of equivalences mentioned in Article 5 of the Lisbon Treaty.

In addition, some proposals underwent a change to their legal basis going beyond a mere change to their numbering, and this resulted in changes to the type of procedure .

The Lisbon Treaty also introduced new concepts of decision-making procedure . The old "codecision procedure" was extended to new areas and renamed the "ordinary legislative procedure". A new "consent procedure" replaced the old "assent procedure". New interinstitutional procedures were also set up for the adoption of certain non-legislative acts, for example the conclusion of some international agreements.

The ongoing proposals concerned by these changes were formally modified by the Commission in a Communication published on 2 December 2009 (COM(2009)0665).

In the case of the proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement for Trade and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty had the following impacts :

· the old legal basis – Act/Accession/CEEC/Art 6 par 2; Treaty/EC/Art.57(2), Art.71, Art.80(2), Art.133, Art.181, Art.300(2) 1st para and (3) 1st para – became Art. 64(2), Art. 91, Art. 100(2), Art. 207(4) 1st para, Art. 210, Art. 218(6) of the TFEU. Please note that the numbering of the old legal bases corresponds to the consolidated versions of the Treaties that were applicable immediately before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and may differ from the references in the original Commission proposal ;

· the proposal, which had previously fallen under the old consultation procedure (CNS), was classified as an interinstitutional non-legislative procedure (NLE).

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Enrique BARÓN CRESPO (PES, ES) approving the conclusion of the Protocol.

The committee adopted the report by Enrique BARÓN CRESPO (PES, ES) approving the conclusion of the Protocol (under the consultation procedure).

PURPOSE : proposals for the signature and conclusion of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement for Trade and Cooperation between the EC and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of accession of the ten new Member States in 2004.

PROPOSED ACT : Council Decision.

CONTENT : a ccording to the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the new Member States to the EU, the accession of the new Member States to the Framework Agreement for Trade and Cooperation with the Republic of Korea shall be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to this agreement. The Article provides for a simplified procedure, as this protocol is to be concluded by the Council of the European Union, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and the third country concerned. This procedure is without prejudice to the Community’s own competences. On 3 December 2004, the Council approved a mandate for the Commission to negotiate such a protocol with the Republic of Korea. These negotiations have since been completed to the satisfaction of the Commission. The text of the protocol was initialled by the Commission and the Korean authorities on 14 April 2005.

The text of the protocol negotiated with Korea is attached to the proposals. The most important aspects of the protocol are provision for the accession of the new Member States to the EU-Korea Framework Agreement for Trade and Cooperation and inclusion of the new official languages of the EU.

PURPOSE : proposals for the signature and conclusion of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement for Trade and Cooperation between the EC and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of accession of the ten new Member States in 2004.

PROPOSED ACT : Council Decision.

CONTENT : a ccording to the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the new Member States to the EU, the accession of the new Member States to the Framework Agreement for Trade and Cooperation with the Republic of Korea shall be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to this agreement. The Article provides for a simplified procedure, as this protocol is to be concluded by the Council of the European Union, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and the third country concerned. This procedure is without prejudice to the Community’s own competences. On 3 December 2004, the Council approved a mandate for the Commission to negotiate such a protocol with the Republic of Korea. These negotiations have since been completed to the satisfaction of the Commission. The text of the protocol was initialled by the Commission and the Korean authorities on 14 April 2005.

The text of the protocol negotiated with Korea is attached to the proposals. The most important aspects of the protocol are provision for the accession of the new Member States to the EU-Korea Framework Agreement for Trade and Cooperation and inclusion of the new official languages of the EU.