Council Decision (EU) 2020/949 of 26 June 2020 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol

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to conclude a Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of Croatia. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. BACKGROUND: the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union, its Member States and Georgia was negotiated on the basis of the Council Decision and was signed on 2 December 2010. Croatia acceded to the European Union on 1 July 2013. In doing so, it undertook to accede to the agreements concluded or signed by the Member States and the Union with one or more third counties or an international organisation. The Protocol should now be approved in accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. CONTENT: the proposal calls upon the Council to conclude on behalf of the EU, the Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of Croatia. BACKGROUND: in accordance with a Council Decision, the Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of Croatia has been signed, subject to its conclusion. CONTENT: under this proposed Decision, the Council is requested to conclude the Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of Croatia. For further details of the Protocol, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial legislative proposal dated 13/05/2014 . The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the report by Francisco ASSIS (S&D, PT) on the draft Council decision on conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia. The parliamentary committee recommended that the European Parliament approve the conclusion of the protocol . In the short justification accompanying the report, it was recalled that the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union, its Member States and Georgia was negotiated on the basis of the Council Decision adopted in June 2009 authorising the opening of negotiations. It was signed on 2 December 2010. The Agreement with Georgia was the first comprehensive air transport agreement signed with an important aviation partner in the Caucasus region. It forms part of the Union's external aviation policy framework established by the Commission. In accordance with the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, Croatia will accede to the agreements concluded or signed before the accession of Croatia by the EU Member…

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