# C_2014227EN.01000101.xml

| 17.7.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 227/1 |
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17.7.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 227/1

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RECOMMENDATION OF THE EU-LEBANON ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 20 June 2014

on the implementation of the second EU-Lebanon European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan

2014/C 227/01

THE EU-LEBANON ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard 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 (‘the Agreement’) and in particular Article 76(2) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Pursuant to Article 86 of the Agreement, the Parties are to take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement and are to see to it that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained. |
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(1)

Pursuant to Article 86 of the Agreement, the Parties are to take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement and are to see to it that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.

| (2) | The Parties to the Agreement have agreed on the text of the second EU-Lebanon European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan (‘the EU-Lebanon Action Plan’). |
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The Parties to the Agreement have agreed on the text of the second EU-Lebanon European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan (‘the EU-Lebanon Action Plan’).

| (3) | The EU-Lebanon Action Plan will support the implementation of the Agreement through the elaboration and agreement between the Parties of concrete steps which will provide practical guidance for the implementation of the Agreement. |
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(3)

The EU-Lebanon Action Plan will support the implementation of the Agreement through the elaboration and agreement between the Parties of concrete steps which will provide practical guidance for the implementation of the Agreement.

| (4) | The EU-Lebanon Action Plan serves the dual purpose of setting out concrete steps towards the fulfilment of the Parties' obligations set out in the Agreement, and of providing a broader framework for further strengthening EU-Lebanon relations to involve a significant measure of economic integration and to deepen political cooperation, in accordance with the overall objectives of the Agreement, |
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The EU-Lebanon Action Plan serves the dual purpose of setting out concrete steps towards the fulfilment of the Parties' obligations set out in the Agreement, and of providing a broader framework for further strengthening EU-Lebanon relations to involve a significant measure of economic integration and to deepen political cooperation, in accordance with the overall objectives of the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

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The Association Council recommends that the Parties implement the EU-Lebanon Action Plan (1), insofar as implementation is directed towards attainment of the objectives of 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.

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Done at Brussels, 20 June 2014.

For the Association Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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(1)  See document 17588/13 on http://register.consilium.europa.eu

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