# Council Decision (EU) 2015/1277Show full title

Council Decision (EU) 2015/1277 of 13 October 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States,            and provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States,            of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to            the European Union         

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# Council Decision (EU) 2015/1277                     

# of 13 October 2014

# on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Additional Protocol                        to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other                        part, 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 91, Article 100(2) and Article                           207, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,                        

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic 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 24 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations, on behalf of the Union and its Member States                              and Croatia, with Colombia and Peru in order to conclude an Additional Protocol to the Trade Agreement between the European                              Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of                              the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (‘the Additional Protocol’).

(2)Those negotiations were successfully completed on 1 April 2014.

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

(4)The Additional Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, of the Additional Protocol to the Trade Agreement between the European                     Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of                     the Republic of Croatia to the European Union is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the Additional Protocol.                  

The text of the Additional 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 Additional Protocol on                     behalf of the Union and its Member States.                  

# Article 3U.K.

The Additional Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as provided in its Article 12(4) pending the completion of                     the procedures for its conclusion.                  

# Article 4U.K.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2014.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

M. Martina