PURPOSE: to conclude the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and South Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2014/789/EU on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union.
BACKGROUND: in accordance with Council Decision 2014/257/EU, the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union was signed, and has been applied provisionally as from 1 July 2013, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.
The Additional Protocol should now be approved on behalf of the European Union.
CONTENT: with this Decision, the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Union and its Member States.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: the Decision shall enter into force on 14.11.2014.