2007/544/EC: Council Decision of 23 July 2007 on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, 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: 2007-07-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Algeria, European Community, accession to the European Union, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

2.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 201/13

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 July 2007

on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People’s
Democratic Republic of Algeria, 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

(2007/544/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(2)

The Protocol should be approved,

and in particular Article 310 thereof,

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
Community,
in
conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph
of Article 300(2) and with the second subparagraph of Article
300(3),

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
The Protocol
an Association between the European
establishing
Community and its Member States, of
the one part,
and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the
other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech
the Republic of
Republic,
the Republic of
Cyprus,
the Republic of
Lithuania,
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia
and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, was
signed on behalf of the Community and its Member
States on 24 April 2007 at Luxembourg.

the Republic of Estonia,
the Republic of Latvia,

the Republic of Hungary,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing
an Association between the European Community and its
Member States, of the one part, and the People’s Democratic
Republic of Algeria, 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 is hereby approved on behalf
of the Community and its Member States.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision (2).

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2007.

For the Council
The President

L. AMADO

(1) Assent of

the European Parliament of 10 July 2007 (not yet

published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 118, 8.5.2007, p. 8.