Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the adoption of a Decision by the Joint Committee of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure and a Decision by the Joint Committee of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on the simplification of formalities in trade of goods concerning an invitation to Croatia and Turkey to accede to these Conventions

The 1987 EU-EFTA Conventions on a common transit procedure and the simplification of formalities in trade in goods currently have four Contracting Parties: the EU, Norway, Switzerland, and Iceland. Croatia and Turkey are interested in being invited to accede to the Conventions.

The Commission will propose the decisions of the Joint Committees established by both Conventions to invite Croatia and Turkey, and launch the procedure for the adoption of the invitations addressed to each country, as soon as the Commission and the experts of Member States and Contracting Parties have confirmed that the country in question complies with the technical conditions for accession to the Conventions.

EUR-Lex: COM(2011)640: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2011:640:FIN

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