The Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the report by Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU (EPP, RO) on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Lebanon in Union programmes.
The committee recommended the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.
To recall, the aim of the Protocol is to define the financial and technical rules permitting Lebanon to participate in certain EU programmes.