Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of the Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union with San Marino, regarding the participation of Croatia, following its accession to the European Union

Background information:

Croatia joined the European Union on 1 July 2013.

The Council of the European Union authorized in September 2012 the European Commission to negotiate the adaptation, through a Protocol, of the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union with San Marino, regarding Croatia's participation as a contracting party.

The Agreement entered into force on 1 April 2002 and needed to be amended to include Croatia as a contracting party. Following the authorisation given to the Commission on 14 September 2012, negotiations were concluded with San Marino on a Protocol to the Agreement.

The European Commission put forward on 2 August 2013 the signing of an amendment to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Union and San Marino, following Croatia's accession to the former.

The Commission additionally proposed the conclusion of that Protocol:

+ Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union with San Marino, regarding the participation of Croatia, following its accession to the European Union [COM(2013)568]

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)530: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:530:FIN

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