Considerations on JOIN(2016)6 - Signing and provisional application of the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the EU and New Zealand - Main contents
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dossier | JOIN(2016)6 - Signing and provisional application of the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the EU and New Zealand. |
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document | JOIN(2016)6 |
date | September 29, 2016 |
(2) | The negotiations on the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’) were successfully concluded on 30 July 2014. The Agreement reflects both the historically close relationship and increasingly strong links developing between the Parties, and their desire to further strengthen and extend their relations in an ambitious and innovative way. |
(3) | Article 58 of the Agreement provides that the Union and New Zealand may apply provisionally certain provisions of the Agreement, determined mutually by the two Parties, pending its entry into force. |
(4) | The Agreement should therefore be signed on behalf of the Union and some of its provisions should be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion, |