Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, 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 Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the Europ

Author (Corporate)	European Commission
Series Title	COM
Series Details	(2004) 566 final (20.08.04)
Publication Date	20/08/2004
Content Type	Policy-making
	According to the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of new EU Member States to the EU, the accession of the new EU Member States to the EU-Chile Association Agreement shall be agreed by means of an additional protocol to this Agreement. The same article provides for a simplified procedure, whereby the protocol is tobe concluded by the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the third country concerned. This procedure is without prejudice to the Community’s own competences. On 22 December 2003 the Council approved a mandatefor the Commission to negotiate such a protocol with Chile. These negotiations have since been completed to the satisfaction of the Commission. The attached proposals are for (1) a Council Decision on the signature and provisional application of the Additional Protocol and (2) a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol.The text of the protocol negotiated with Chile is attached. The Commission requests the Council to approve the attached draft Council Decisions for the signature, provisional application and conclusion of the Additional Protocol. The European Parliament will be called upon to give its assent to this Protocol
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Related Links	EUR-Lex: COM(2004)566: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2004:566:FIN ESO: Key Source: Relations between Chile and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-chile-and-the-european-union/
Countries / Regions	Europe, South America