| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2013) 744 final (29.10.13) |
| Publication Date | 29/10/2013 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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The EU and Azerbaijan have agreed to move forward with the deepening and broadening of EU-Azerbaijan relations within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) framework. In this framework, the EU has recognized the importance of enhanced people-to-people contacts. During the Prague Eastern Partnership Summit in May 2009, the EU reaffirmed its political support towards full liberalization of the visa regime in a secure environment, and towards promoting mobility by concluding visa facilitation and readmission agreements with EaP countries. According to the common approach for the development of EU policy on visa facilitation agreed at the level of COREPER by the Member States in December 2005, a visa facilitation agreement would not be concluded without a readmission agreement being in place. On 19 December 2011, the Council formally authorised the Commission to negotiate a readmission agreement between the European Union and Azerbaijan. In February 2012 the Commission transmitted a draft text to the authorities of Azerbaijan following which the first round of formal negotiations was held in Baku on 1-2 March 2012. Three further formal rounds of negotiations took place, lastly in Brussels on 12-13 March 2013. The agreed text was subsequently initialled on 29 July 2013 in Brussels. The attached proposal constitutes the legal instrument for the conclusion of the readmission agreement. The Council will decide by qualified majority. The European Parliament's consent will be required for the conclusion of the Agreement. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2013:744:FIN |
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| Countries / Regions | Azerbaijan, Europe |
