The European Parliament adopted by 564 votes to 100, with 41 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement.
In line with its Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.
The Protocol amending the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Uzbekistan extends the provisions of the Agreement to the bilateral textiles Agreement. Ratifying the textiles protocol would mean including textiles in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) concluded between Uzbekistan and the EU in 1999.