EC/Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement

2008/0250(NLE)

PURPOSE: to conclude the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

CONTENT: this proposal aims to conclude, on behalf of the Union, the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part.

Negotiations for an Interim Partnership Agreement were concluded on 23 November 2007 with Papua New Guinea and the Republic of the Fiji Islands. For details of the content of the Agreement, please refer to the summary of the document annexed to the procedure of 26/06/2009 (Council document 5558/2009).

With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the procedures to be followed by the Union in order to conclude the Agreement are governed by Article 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) which states that the Council shall adopt a decision concluding the agreement, after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament.