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2016/0121(NLE) EC/Egypt Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement: accession of Croatia to the EU. Protocol
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AFET MĂNESCU Ramona Nicole (EPP)
Opinion INTA
Lead committee dossier: AFET/8/06384
Legal Basis TFEU 217, TFEU 218-p6a

Activites

  • 2017/04/26 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2016/07/06 Legislative proposal published
    • 10219/2016 summary
  • 2016/04/26 Initial legislative proposal published
    • COM(2016)0229 summary

Documents

History

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

activities/2/committees/0/shadows
  • group: S&D name: POCHE Miroslav
  • group: ECR name: BELDER Bas
  • group: ALDE name: VAUTMANS Hilde
  • group: GUE/NGL name: COUSO PERMUY Javier
  • group: Verts/ALE name: LOCHBIHLER Barbara
  • group: EFD name: CASTALDO Fabio Massimo
committees/0/shadows
  • group: S&D name: POCHE Miroslav
  • group: ECR name: BELDER Bas
  • group: ALDE name: VAUTMANS Hilde
  • group: GUE/NGL name: COUSO PERMUY Javier
  • group: Verts/ALE name: LOCHBIHLER Barbara
  • group: EFD name: CASTALDO Fabio Massimo
activities/0/docs/0/celexid
CELEX:52016PC0229:EN
activities/0/docs/0/celexid
CELEX:52016PC0229:EN
activities/1/docs/0/text
  • PURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Egypt, 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: 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 Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Egypt, of the other part was signed on 25 June 2001. It entered into force on 1 June 2004.

    Croatia became a Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013.

    In accordance with 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 unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and Egypt.

    On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Egypt. The negotiations were successfully concluded.

    In accordance with a Council Decision, the Protocol has been signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States.

    It is now necessary to approve the Protocol on behalf of the EU.

    CONTENT: under this proposed Decision, it is provided that the Council approve, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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 proposal.

activities/0/docs/0/text
  • PURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. 

    BACKGROUND: according its Act of Accession, Croatia undertakes to accede to the international agreements signed or concluded by the European Union and its Member States by means of a protocol to these agreements.

    The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, was signed on 25 June 2001. The Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2004. 

    On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned with a view to concluding the relevant protocols. The negotiations with the Arab Republic of Egypt were successfully concluded on 29 October 2015.

    The Commission judges the results of the negotiations to be satisfactory and requests the Council to approve the Protocol on behalf of the European Union and its Member States.

    CONTENT: the Commission called on the Council to adopt a decision seeking to approve, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

    The text of the Protocol is attached to the proposal.

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2017-04-26T00:00:00
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Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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AFET/8/06384
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  • PURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. 

    BACKGROUND: according its Act of Accession, Croatia undertakes to accede to the international agreements signed or concluded by the European Union and its Member States by means of a protocol to these agreements.

    The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, was signed on 25 June 2001. The Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2004. 

    On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned with a view to concluding the relevant protocols. The negotiations with the Arab Republic of Egypt were successfully concluded on 29 October 2015.

    The Commission judges the results of the negotiations to be satisfactory and requests the Council to approve the Protocol on behalf of the European Union and its Member States.

    CONTENT: the Commission called on the Council to adopt a decision seeking to approve, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

    The text of the Protocol is attached to the proposal.

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Legislative proposal published
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Initial legislative proposal published
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Legislative proposal published
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url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=10219%2F16&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC type: Legislative proposal published title: 10219/2016
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CELEX:52016PC0229:EN
committees/0/date
2016-07-12T00:00:00
committees/0/rapporteur
  • group: EPP name: MĂNESCU Ramona Nicole
activities/0/docs/0/text
  • PURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. 

    BACKGROUND: according its Act of Accession, Croatia undertakes to accede to the international agreements signed or concluded by the European Union and its Member States by means of a protocol to these agreements.

    The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, was signed on 25 June 2001. The Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2004. 

    On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned with a view to concluding the relevant protocols. The negotiations with the Arab Republic of Egypt were successfully concluded on 29 October 2015.

    The Commission judges the results of the negotiations to be satisfactory and requests the Council to approve the Protocol on behalf of the European Union and its Member States.

    CONTENT: the Commission called on the Council to adopt a decision seeking to approve, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

    The text of the Protocol is attached to the proposal.

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  • date: 2016-04-26T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2016/0229/COM_COM(2016)0229_EN.pdf title: COM(2016)0229 type: Legislative proposal published celexid: CELEX:52016PC0229:EN body: EC commission: type: Legislative proposal published
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  • body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Foreign Affairs committee: AFET
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: International Trade committee: INTA
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