PURPOSE: to conclude Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the Community and Algeria to take account of EU enlargement.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision 2007/544/EC on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Algeria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union.

CONTENT: provisions set out in Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession, state that the ten new Member States, who acceded to the EU in May 2004, should also accede to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement by use of a Protocol.

The Protocol has been designed, primarily, to take account of EU enlargement to the EU-Algeria Association Agreement. The new Protocol also includes the new official languages of the EU.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 23 July 2007.

The European Parliament adopted the resolution by Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI (EPP-ED, PL) approving the proposed Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and Algeria to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and the Slovakia to the European Union.

This is the definitive version of the of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, to take account of the 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.

Overall, the text conforms to the previous version dated 12/04/2007.

This is the definitive version of the of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, to take account of the 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.

Overall, the text conforms to the previous version dated 12/04/2007.

This text takes into consideration a certain number of recent institutional developments within the European Union since the signature and the entry into force of the EU-Algeria Euro-Mediterranean Agreement (signed in Valencia on 22 April 2002 and entered into force on 1 September 2005).

The amendments concern the expir y of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, existing provisions in the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement referring to the European Coal and Steel Community shall be deemed to refer to the European Community, which has taken over all rights and obligations contracted by the European Coal and Steel Community.

The rest of the Agreement remains unchanged (see the summary dated 06/12/2006).

PURPOSE: the signing and provisional application of a Protocol and the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the Community and Algeria to take account of EU enlargement.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

CONTENT: provisions set out in Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession, state that the ten new Member States, who acceded to the EU in May 2004, should also accede to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement by use of a Protocol. In February 2004, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate such a Protocol with People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The negotiations have now been concluded.

The Protocol has been designed, primarily, to take account of EU enlargement to the EU-Algeria Association Agreement. The new Protocol also includes the new official languages of the EU.

PURPOSE: the signing and provisional application of a Protocol and the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the Community and Algeria to take account of EU enlargement.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

CONTENT: provisions set out in Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession, state that the ten new Member States, who acceded to the EU in May 2004, should also accede to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement by use of a Protocol. In February 2004, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate such a Protocol with People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The negotiations have now been concluded.

The Protocol has been designed, primarily, to take account of EU enlargement to the EU-Algeria Association Agreement. The new Protocol also includes the new official languages of the EU.