Activites

• 2011/11/12 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2011/733
  • OJ L 294 12.11.2011, p. 0004
• #3122
• 2011/11/08 Council Meeting
• 2011/11/08 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2011/11/08 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2009/12/02 Additional information
• 2007/11/13 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0492/2007 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Helmuth MARKOV (GUE/NGL, DE) on the proposal for the conclusion of an agreement on the participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area and four related agreements. The European Parliament gave its assent to the conclusion of the agreements.

• 2007/10/25 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0413/2007
• 2007/10/23 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2007/10/10 Legislative proposal published
  • 12641/2007 summary

    This proposal constitutes the final act of the Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area and four related agreements.No changes have been made to the content of the Agreement. It is in line with the former initial proposal (see the summary dated 12/06/2007).This draft decision aims to formally approve the following agreements on behalf of the European Community:Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area;Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning a Co-operation Programme for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Bulgaria;Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning a Co-operation Programme for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Romania;Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland consequent on the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union;Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent on the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

  • DG External Relations, ASHTON Catherine
• 2007/09/12 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• #2816
• 2007/07/23 Council Meeting
• 2007/06/12 Initial legislative proposal published
  • COM(2007)0333 summary

    PURPOSE: to sign, and provisionally apply, the Agreement on the participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area and four related Agreements.PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.CONTENT: following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU the two acceding countries are required to become contracting parties to the EEA Agreement. The Commission, together with Bulgaria and Romania, negotiated with the EEA EFTA States, namely Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, on the modalities of the Agreement. Launched officially in July 2006 the negotiations were only concluded on 29 March 2007.The purpose of this proposal is for the Council to adopt the Council Decision on the signing, and provisional application, of the amended EEA Agreement and four related Agreements. The main Agreement on the participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the EEA defines the amendment to the EEA Agreement, with the bulk of amendments stemming from the Treaty of Accession.However, technical provisions aside, the EEA enlargement process included negotiations concerning financial contributions and fish concessions. Following extensive negotiations and delays the following was finally agreed:-         The financial contribution and fish concessions will apply only from 1 January 2007 to 30 April 2009.-         Between 2007 and 30 April 2009, the EEA EFTA States will provide, € 21.5 million to Bulgaria and € 50.5 million to Romania through the EEA financial mechanism.-         Over the same time frame (i.e. 2007 and 30 April 2009) Norway will provide € 20 million to Bulgaria and € 48 million to Romania as additional bilateral financing.-         In return, the Community will grant Norway and Iceland a number of concessions in the field of fisheries – also limited in time until 30 April 2009.As the negotiations suffered unfortunate delays and were not concluded until 29 March 2007, the Commission urges that the new Agreement enters into force as soon as possible. Hence the need for a provisions application. Among the various declarations included in the final act of the Agreement it is worth noting that all parties declare not to have any claims in the field of agriculture and processed agricultural products.

  • DG External Relations, ASHTON Catherine

Documents

• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(2007)0333
• Legislative proposal published: 12641/2007
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0413/2007
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0492/2007
• : Decision 2011/733
• : OJ L 294 12.11.2011, p. 0004

History

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