2005/721/EC: Council Decision of 25 April 2005 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
Date: 2005-04-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Association Agreement, Tunisia, accession to the European Union, interim agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, signature of an agreement

L 278/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.10.2005

COUNCIL DECISION

of 25 April 2005

on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the
Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the
Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the
Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union

(2005/721/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with the
second phrase of first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession, and in particular
Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the Council authorised the
On 10 February 2004,
the Community and its
Commission, on behalf of
Member States, to open negotiations with the Republic
of Tunisia with a view to adjusting the Euro-Mediterra-
nean Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other
part (1), to take account of the accession of the new
Member States to the European Union.

These negotiations have been concluded to the satisfac-
tion of the Commission.

The Protocol negotiated with the Republic of Tunisia
provides, in Article 12(2), for the provisional application
of the Protocol before its entry into force.

Subject to its conclusion, the Protocol should be signed
on behalf of the Community and applied provisionally,

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the Community
and its Member States, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean
Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, to take account of the
accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the
Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of
Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak
Republic to the European Union.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Protocol referred to in Article 1 shall be applied provision-
ally from 1 May 2004, subject to its conclusion.

Done at Luxembourg, 25 April 2005.

For the Council

The President

J. ASSELBORN

(1) OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 2.