{"change_dates":[],"dossier":{"amendments":[],"changes":{"2014-11-10T01:21:29":[{"data":[{"body":"EC","commission":[{"Commissioner":"ASHTON Catherine","DG":"External Relations"}],"date":"2007-04-24T00:00:00","docs":[{"celexid":"CELEX:52007PC0203(02):EN","text":["
PURPOSE: to include\n the 10 new Member States in the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement with Lebanon.
PROPOSED ACT:\n Council Decision.
CONTENT:\n according to the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the new\n Member States to the EU, accession of the new EU Member States to the\n Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement is to be agreed by means of a\n protocol to this Agreement. The same article provides for a simplified\n procedure, whereby the protocol is to be concluded by the Council, acting\n unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the third country\n concerned. This procedure is without prejudice to the Community’s own\n competences.
To recall, the\n Euro-Mediterranean Agreement was signed in Luxembourg on 17 June 2002 and\n entered into force on 1 April 2006.
On 10 February\n 2004, the Council approved a mandate for the Commission to negotiate such a\n protocol with Lebanon. These negotiations have since been completed to the\n satisfaction of the Commission.
The text of\n the protocol negotiated with Lebanon is attached. The most important aspects\n of the protocol are provision for the accession of the new Member States to the EU-Lebanon Association Agreement (AVC/2002/0083)\n and inclusion of the new official languages of the EU.
The Commission\n asks the Council to approve the attached draft Council Decisions for the\n signature and conclusion of the Protocol. The European Parliament will be\n called upon to give its assent to this Protocol.
\nThe Lisbon\n Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, amended the EU's two\n core treaties, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty establishing\n the European Community (EC Treaty). The latter was renamed the Treaty on the\n Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
These changes\n had various consequences for many ongoing procedures. First of all, the\n articles of the TEU and of the old EC Treaty that constitute the legal basis\n of all the proposals founded on those Treaties were renumbered in\n accordance with the table of equivalences mentioned in Article 5 of the\n Lisbon Treaty.
In addition,\n some proposals underwent a change to their legal basis going beyond a mere\n change to their numbering, and this resulted in changes to the type of\n procedure.
The Lisbon\n Treaty also introduced new concepts of decision-making procedure. The\n old \"codecision procedure\" was extended to new areas and renamed\n the \"ordinary legislative procedure\". A new \"consent\n procedure\" replaced the old \"assent procedure\". New\n interinstitutional procedures were also set up for the adoption of certain\n non-legislative acts, for example the conclusion of some international\n agreements.
The ongoing\n proposals concerned by these changes were formally modified by the Commission\n in a Communication published on 2 December 2009 (COM(2009)0665).
In the case of\n the proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the\n Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their\n Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part, to take\n account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the\n Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the\n Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the\n Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, the\n entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty had the following impacts:
· \n the old legal basis – Treaty/EC/Art.300(2) first para and (3) second para, Art 310;\n Act/Accession/New Member States/Art.6(2) – became Art 217, Art 218\n (6)(a) of the TFEU. Please note that the numbering of the old legal bases\n corresponds to the consolidated versions of the Treaties that were applicable\n immediately before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and may differ\n from the references in the original Commission proposal;
· \n the proposal, which had previously fallen\n under the old assent procedure (AVC), was classified as an interinstitutional\n non-legislative procedure (NLE).
\nPURPOSE: to include\n the 10 new Member States in the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement with Lebanon.
PROPOSED ACT:\n Council Decision.
CONTENT:\n according to the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the new\n Member States to the EU, accession of the new EU Member States to the\n Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement is to be agreed by means of a\n protocol to this Agreement. The same article provides for a simplified\n procedure, whereby the protocol is to be concluded by the Council, acting\n unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the third country\n concerned. This procedure is without prejudice to the Community’s own\n competences.
To recall, the\n Euro-Mediterranean Agreement was signed in Luxembourg on 17 June 2002 and\n entered into force on 1 April 2006.
On 10 February\n 2004, the Council approved a mandate for the Commission to negotiate such a\n protocol with Lebanon. These negotiations have since been completed to the\n satisfaction of the Commission.
The text of\n the protocol negotiated with Lebanon is attached. The most important aspects\n of the protocol are provision for the accession of the new Member States to the EU-Lebanon Association Agreement (AVC/2002/0083)\n and inclusion of the new official languages of the EU.
The Commission\n asks the Council to approve the attached draft Council Decisions for the\n signature and conclusion of the Protocol. The European Parliament will be\n called upon to give its assent to this Protocol.
\nPURPOSE: to include the 10 new Member States (2004\nenlargement) in the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the\nEuropean Union and Lebanon.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
\nROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the\nact only if Parliament has given its consent to the\nact.
\nBACKGROUND: the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean\nAgreement establishing an Association between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of\nthe other part, was signed on behalf of the Union and its Member\nStates.
\nIt is now necessary for the Protocol to be approved on\nbehalf of the European Union.
\nCONTENT: under this proposed Decision, the Council is\ncalled upon to conclude, on behalf of the European Union and its\nMember States, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement\nestablishing an Association between the European Communities and\ntheir Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other\npart, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic,\nEstonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,\nSlovenia, and Slovakia to the European Union (AVC/2002/0083).
\nN.B.: the text takes account of the entry into force\nof the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009 and the passage from the\nEuropean Community to the European Union.
\nThe Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the report by\nRamona Nicole MĂNESCU (EPP, RO) on the draft Council decision\non the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement\nestablishing an Association between the European Communities and\ntheir Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon,\nof the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech\nRepublic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the\nRepublic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of\nHungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the\nRepublic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European\nUnion.
\nThe committee recommended the European Parliament to\ngive its consent to the conclusion of the\nProtocol.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 498 votes to 38,\nwith 50 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council\ndecision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean\nAgreement establishing an Association between the European\nCommunities and their Member States, of the one part, and the\nRepublic of Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the\naccession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,\nLithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, and the Slovak\nRepublic to the European Union.
\nThe European Parliament gave its consent to the\nconclusion of the Protocol.
\nPURPOSE: to conclude a Protocol to include the Member\nStates from the 2004 enlargement in the Euro-Mediterranean\nAgreement between the European Union and Lebanon.
\nNON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2016/1224\non the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement\nestablishing an Association between the European Community and its\nMember States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the\nother part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic,\nEstonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,\nSlovenia, the Slovak Republic to the European Union.
\nCONTENT: under this Decision, the Protocol to the\nEuro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between\nthe European Communities and their Member States, of the one part,\nand Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of\nthe Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,\nMalta, Poland, Slovenia, the Slovak Republic (AVC/2002/0083)\nto the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the European\nUnion and its Member States.
\nThe Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement\nestablishing an Association between the European Community and its\nMember States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the\nother part, was signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States\non 1 April 2015.
\nENTRY INTO FORCE: 18.7.2016.
\nThe Lisbon\n Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, amended the EU's two\n core treaties, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty establishing\n the European Community (EC Treaty). The latter was renamed the Treaty on the\n Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
These changes\n had various consequences for many ongoing procedures. First of all, the\n articles of the TEU and of the old EC Treaty that constitute the legal basis\n of all the proposals founded on those Treaties were renumbered in\n accordance with the table of equivalences mentioned in Article 5 of the\n Lisbon Treaty.
In addition,\n some proposals underwent a change to their legal basis going beyond a mere\n change to their numbering, and this resulted in changes to the type of\n procedure.
The Lisbon\n Treaty also introduced new concepts of decision-making procedure. The\n old \"codecision procedure\" was extended to new areas and renamed\n the \"ordinary legislative procedure\". A new \"consent\n procedure\" replaced the old \"assent procedure\". New\n interinstitutional procedures were also set up for the adoption of certain\n non-legislative acts, for example the conclusion of some international\n agreements.
The ongoing\n proposals concerned by these changes were formally modified by the Commission\n in a Communication published on 2 December 2009 (COM(2009)0665).
In the case of\n the proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the\n Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their\n Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part, to take\n account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the\n Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the\n Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the\n Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, the\n entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty had the following impacts:
· \n the old legal basis – Treaty/EC/Art.300(2) first para and (3) second para, Art 310;\n Act/Accession/New Member States/Art.6(2) – became Art 217, Art 218\n (6)(a) of the TFEU. Please note that the numbering of the old legal bases\n corresponds to the consolidated versions of the Treaties that were applicable\n immediately before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and may differ\n from the references in the original Commission proposal;
· \n the proposal, which had previously fallen\n under the old assent procedure (AVC), was classified as an interinstitutional\n non-legislative procedure (NLE).
\nPURPOSE: to include the 10 new Member States (2004\nenlargement) in the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the\nEuropean Union and Lebanon.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
\nROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the\nact only if Parliament has given its consent to the\nact.
\nBACKGROUND: the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean\nAgreement establishing an Association between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of\nthe other part, was signed on behalf of the Union and its Member\nStates.
\nIt is now necessary for the Protocol to be approved on\nbehalf of the European Union.
\nCONTENT: under this proposed Decision, the Council is\ncalled upon to conclude, on behalf of the European Union and its\nMember States, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement\nestablishing an Association between the European Communities and\ntheir Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other\npart, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic,\nEstonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,\nSlovenia, and Slovakia to the European Union (AVC/2002/0083).
\nN.B.: the text takes account of the entry into force\nof the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009 and the passage from the\nEuropean Community to the European Union.
\nThe Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the report by\nRamona Nicole MĂNESCU (EPP, RO) on the draft Council decision\non the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement\nestablishing an Association between the European Communities and\ntheir Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon,\nof the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech\nRepublic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the\nRepublic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of\nHungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the\nRepublic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European\nUnion.
\nThe committee recommended the European Parliament to\ngive its consent to the conclusion of the\nProtocol.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 498 votes to 38,\nwith 50 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council\ndecision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean\nAgreement establishing an Association between the European\nCommunities and their Member States, of the one part, and the\nRepublic of Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the\naccession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,\nLithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, and the Slovak\nRepublic to the European Union.
\nThe European Parliament gave its consent to the\nconclusion of the Protocol.
\nPURPOSE: to conclude a Protocol to include the Member\nStates from the 2004 enlargement in the Euro-Mediterranean\nAgreement between the European Union and Lebanon.
\nNON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2016/1224\non the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement\nestablishing an Association between the European Community and its\nMember States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the\nother part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic,\nEstonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,\nSlovenia, the Slovak Republic to the European Union.
\nCONTENT: under this Decision, the Protocol to the\nEuro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between\nthe European Communities and their Member States, of the one part,\nand Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of\nthe Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,\nMalta, Poland, Slovenia, the Slovak Republic (AVC/2002/0083)\nto the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the European\nUnion and its Member States.
\nThe Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement\nestablishing an Association between the European Community and its\nMember States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the\nother part, was signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States\non 1 April 2015.
\nENTRY INTO FORCE: 18.7.2016.
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