Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for the adaptation of agreements signed or concluded between the European Union, or the European Union and its Member States, with one or more third countries or international organisations, in view of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union was signed on 9 December 2011. In accordance with Article 6 of the Act of Accession, Croatia has undertaken to accede to the agreements concluded or signed by the present Member States and the Union with one or more third countries or with an international organisation.

The accession of Croatia to such agreements shall be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to each agreement between the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and the third country or countries or international organisation concerned. These protocols are to be negotiated by the Commission on the basis of negotiating directives approved by the Council, acting unanimously, and in consultation with a committee comprised of the representatives of the Member States, and concluded by the Council.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2012)389: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:389:FIN

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