2007/786/EC: Council Decision of 22 October 2007 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 State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-10-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Israel, Romania, accession to the European Union, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, signature of an agreement

5.12.2007

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

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 October 2007

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 State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic
of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

(2007/786/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession and in particular
Article 6(2) thereof,

(2)

(3)

(4)

These negotiations have been concluded to the satis-
faction of the Commission.

The text of the Protocol negotiated with Israel provides,
in Article 9(2),
for the provisional application of the
Protocol before its entry into force.

The Protocol should be signed on behalf of the European
Community and its Member States and applied on a
provisional basis subject to its conclusion at a later date,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

view to adjusting

On 23 October 2006 the Council authorised the
Commission, on behalf of
the European Community
and its Member States, to open negotiations with Israel
the Euro-Mediterranean
with a
Agreement
establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part (1),
Euro-Mediterranean
hereinafter
Agreement’,
the
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European
Union.

referred
to take account of

the accession of

to as

‘the

(1) OJ L 147, 21.6.2000, p. 3.

signing of

the Protocol

to the Euro-Mediterranean
The
the European
Agreement
Community and its Member States, subject to the conclusion
of the said Protocol.

is hereby approved on behalf of

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the
European Community and its Member States subject
to its
conclusion.

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Subject to reciprocity, the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2007, pending
the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion.

Article 3

Done at Luxembourg, 22 October 2007.

For the Council
The President

J. SILVA