EC/Mexico Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement: accession of Bulgaria and Romania. Protocol

PURPOSE: to include Bulgaria and Romania in the partnership agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and Mexico, on the other.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2008/271/EC on the conclusion of a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the United Mexican States, on the other, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

CONTENT: the purpose of the Decision is to approve a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the United Mexican States, on the other, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States.

Recall that the EU-Mexico Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement (see AVC/1997/0289) had been concluded in 2000, in other words, before the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. Therefore, these two countries must be included in the agreement via a protocol.

This was signed on behalf of the European Community and its Member States on 21 February 2007.