Activites

• #3528
• 2017/03/27 Council Meeting
• 2017/03/27 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2017/03/27 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2017/03/02 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T8-0057/2017 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 542 votes to 87, with 19 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. In line with the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.

• 2017/02/07 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A8-0027/2017 summary

    The Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the report by Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU (EPP, RO) on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The committee recommended that the European Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.

• 2017/01/31 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2016/05/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2016/02/22 Legislative proposal published
  • 05748/2016 summary

    PURPOSE: to conclude a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.  BACKGROUND: the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part was signed in Luxembourg on 17 June 2002 and entered into force on 1 April 2006. Croatia became a Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013. Under the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of Croatia, the accession of Croatia to the Agreement is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Agreement concluded between the Council, acting on behalf of the Union and unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and Lebanon. On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Lebanon. The negotiations were successfully concluded and in accordance with a Council Decision, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union has been signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States. The Protocol should be approved on behalf of the EU and its Member States. CONTENT: with this proposal, the Council is called upon to approve, on behalf of the EU, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union. The text of the Protocol is attached to the draft decision.

• 2015/12/14 Initial legislative proposal published
  • COM(2015)0641 summary

    PURPOSE: to conclude on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union.PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.BACKGROUND: the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part, was signed in Brussels on 1 April 2002 and entered into force on 1 April 2006.Croatia became a Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013.The Act of Accession of Croatia provides that Croatia shall accede to the international agreements signed or concluded by the European Union and its Member States by means of a protocol to those agreements.On 14 September 20121, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned with a view to concluding the relevant protocols.The negotiations with Lebanon being successfully concluded, the Commission calls on the Council to adopt the decisions on the conclusion of the Protocol.CONTENT: the draft Council decision constitutes the legal instrument for conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union.The text of the Protocol is attached to the draft decision.

Documents

• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(2015)0641
• Legislative proposal published: 05748/2016
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0027/2017
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0057/2017

History

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