Joint Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and the Government of Malaysia

In November 2004, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate individual Framework Agreements on Partnership and Cooperation (PCA) with Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.

Negotiations with Malaysia started in February 2011 following an agreement to launch the negotiations in October 2010 by Commission President Barroso and Prime Minister Najib Razak. The negotiations were concluded on 12 December 2015. Both sides initialled the PCA in Putrajaya on 6 April 2016.

The High Representative and the Commission consider that the objectives set by the Council in its directives on the negotiation of the Agreement have been met and that the draft Agreement can be submitted for signature and conclusion.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: JOIN(2016)037: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=JOIN:2016:037:FIN

EUR-Lex: JOIN(2016)038: Joint Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and the Government of Malaysia http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=JOIN:2016:038:FIN

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