2001/868/EC: Council Decision of 29 October 2001 concerning the signing on behalf of the Community and the provisional application of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part
Date: 2001-10-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Croatia, free movement of goods, interim agreement (EU), trade agreement (EU), transport regulations

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 29 October 2001

concerning the signing on behalf of the Community and the provisional application of the
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the
one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part

(2001/868/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the
first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pending the entry into force of the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement between the European Com-
munities and their Member States, of the one part, and
the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, signed at
Luxembourg on 29 October 2001, it is necessary to
sign the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related
matters between the European Community, of the one
part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part.

The absence of a separate, pre-existing transport agree-
ment between the European Community and the Repub-
lic of Croatia requires the inclusion of the relevant, trade-
related, transport provisions under Protocol 6 of the
Stabilisation and Association Agreement.

(4)

(5)

(6)

The commercial provisions contained in this Agreement
are of an exceptional nature, connected with the policy
implemented within the framework of the Stabilisation
and Association Process, and will not constitute, for the
European Union, any precedent with regard to third
the western
countries other than the countries of
Balkans.

to possible conclusion at a later date,

Subject
the
Agreement should therefore be signed on behalf of the
Community.

Provision should be made for the provisional application
of the Interim Agreement as from 1 January 2002 if the
Agreement has not come into force by that date,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the Community,
the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
between the European Community, of the one part, and the
Republic of Croatia, of the other part, subject to its conclusion
at a later date.

(3)

In the absence of pre-existing contractual structures this
Agreement establishes an interim committee for the
implementation of this Agreement.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

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Article 2

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 2001.

Subject to reciprocity, the Agreement referred to in Article 1
shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 2002 if
the procedures necessary for its entry into force have not been
completed by that date.

For the Council

The President

L. MICHEL