EU/Croatia agreement: participation of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement between the EU and Croatia on the participation of this country in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

BACKGROUND: Regulation (EC) No 1920/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council on the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (recast) provides, in Article 21 thereof, that the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction shall be open to the participation of any third country that shares the interests of the Union and its Member States in its objectives and work.

The Agreement between the EU and Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction was signed on behalf of the Union on behalf of the European Union, subject to its conclusion at a later stage.

It is now necessary to approve the Agreement on behalf of the EU.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out.

LEGAL BASE: Article 218(6)(a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

CONTENT: by this proposed Decision, the Agreement between the EU and Croatia on the participation of Croatia in the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

The text of the Agreement is attached to the Decision. For further details on the content of the Agreement and its financial implications for the EU, please refer to the previous initial legislative document dated 03/02/2010.