Annexes to JOIN(2018)26 - EU position in the Joint Committee EU-Palestinian Authority (PA) of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning the extension of the EU - PA Action Plan

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dossier JOIN(2018)26 - EU position in the Joint Committee EU-Palestinian Authority (PA) of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning the ...
document JOIN(2018)26 EN
date December 20, 2018
Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part (1),

Whereas:

(1)The Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part (the ‘Interim Association Agreement’), was signed on 24 February 1997 and entered into force on 1 July 1997.

(2)Pursuant to Article 63 of the Interim Association Agreement, the Joint Committee may take decisions and make appropriate recommendations.

(3)Article 10 of the Rules of Procedures of the Joint Committee provides for the possibility of taking decisions by written procedure between sessions if both Parties so agree.

(4)The extension of the EU-PA Action Plan for three years will give the Parties the opportunity to take forward their cooperation for the coming years, including through the possible negotiation of partnership priorities,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

Article 1

The Joint Committee, acting by written procedure, recommends that the EU-PA Action Plan be extended for three years as of the date of the adoption of the extension.

Article 2

This Recommendation shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Done at …, […].

For the EU-PLO Joint Committee

The President


(1) OJ L 187, 16.7.1997, p. 3.