EC/Lebanon Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement: accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU. Protocol

The European Parliament adopted by 498 to 33, with 54 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a 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, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

In line with the recommendation made by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.