# Council Decision of 8 October 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and provisional application            of a Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part,            and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (2014/928/EU)         

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# Council Decision

# of 8 October 2014

# on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol amending the Common                        Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part,                        to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia                     

# (2014/928/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2), 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,

Whereas:

(1)On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations, on behalf of the Union, its Member States                              and the Republic of Croatia, to conclude a Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union                              and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part(1), to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (‘the Protocol’).

(2)Those negotiations were successfully completed on 5 December 2013.

(3)The Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(4)The Protocol should be applied provisionally,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The signing of the Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States,                     of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of                     Croatia, is hereby authorised on behalf of the Union and its Member States, subject to the conclusion of the said Protocol.                  

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

# Article 2U.K.

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.                  

# Article 3U.K.

The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis, in accordance with Article 3(2) thereof, as from the signing thereof                     by the parties(2), pending its entry into force.                  

# Article 4U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels,8 October 2014.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

M. Lupi                            

1

The text of the Agreement is published in OJ L 321, 20.11.2012, p. 3.                           

2

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.