Council of the
European Union
Brussels, 23 April 2020
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6047/20
Interinstitutional File:
2020/0023 (NLE)
COLAC 7
WTO 17
LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Subject: COUNCIL DECISION on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its
Member States, and provisional application of the Protocol to the
Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and
its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other, to
take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European
Union
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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/…
of …
on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States,
and provisional application of the Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand,
and Central America, on the other,
to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular
Article 217, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
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Whereas:
(1) The Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its
Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other1 ('the Agreement'), was
signed on 29 June 2012 and Part IV (Trade) thereof, with the exception of Article 271
thereof, has been applied pursuant to Article 353(4) of the Agreement between the Union
and Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama since 1 August 2013; between the Union and Costa
Rica and El Salvador since 1 October 2013; and between the Union and Guatemala since
1 December 2013.
(2) On 24 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with
Central America in order to conclude a protocol to the Agreement to take account of the
accession of Croatia to the Union ('the Protocol').
(3) The negotiations were successfully completed on 27 June 2019.
(4) The Protocol should be signed and applied, on a provisional basis, pending the completion
of the procedures for its entry into force,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
1 OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, p. 3.
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Article 1
The signing on behalf of the Union and its Member States of the Protocol to the Agreement
establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part,
and Central America, on the other, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European
Union, is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Protocol1.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the
Protocol on behalf of the Union and its Member States.
1 The text of the Protocol is published in OJ L …
OJ: please insert in the footnote the OJ references of the Protocol contained in document
ST6049/20.
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Article 3
The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis in accordance with Article 12(3) thereof1,
pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
1 The date from which the Protocol will be provisionally applied will be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
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