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- THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Tr…
- 1 The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreeme…
- 2 The President of the Council shall give the notifications…
- 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its ado…
- 4 This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal o…
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217 in conjunction with point (i) of Article 218(6)(a) thereof,Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Having regard to the consent of the European Parliamentnote,Whereas:
(1)The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (hereinafter ‘the Protocol’) was signed on behalf of the European Community and its Member States on 30 November 2009 subject to its conclusion.
(2)In accordance with Article 8(2) of the Protocol, the Protocol has been applied on a provisional basis since 1 January 2007.
(3)As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community.
(4)The Protocol should be approved,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1#
The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Unionnote is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union and its Member States.
Article 2#
The President of the Council shall give the notifications provided for in Article 7 of the Protocol on behalf of the Unionnote and shall make the following notification to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan:‘As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community. Therefore, references to ‘the European Community’ or to ‘the Community’ in the text of the Protocol are, where appropriate, to be read as ‘the European Union’.’
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