PURPOSE: to conclude a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the EC and their Member States and Morocco, in order to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council and Commission Decision 2009/331/EC, Euratom on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
CONTENTÂ : the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Albania, of the other part, was signed in Luxemburg on 12 June 2006 (please refer to AVC/2006/0044). Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU, a Protocol has been negotiated and on 7 January 2008.
This Decision approves on behalf of the EC, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Member States, the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and their Member States, and Albania to take account of the accession of the Bulgaria and Romania to the EU.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: the Protocol shall enter into force when all of the necessary procedures have been completed.