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EU/Algeria Framework Agreement: participation of Algeria in Union programmes. Protocol to the EC/Algeria Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement

2014/0195(NLE)

PURPOSE: to conclude the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Algeria, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and Algeria on the general principles for the participation of Algeria in Union programmes.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2017/85 of 16 January 2017 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 People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the general principles for the participation of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria in Union programmes

CONTENT: with this Decision, the Council approved, on behalf of the European Union, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Algeria, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and Algeria on the general principles for the participation of Algeria in Union programmes.

The objective of the Protocol is to lay down the financial and technical rules enabling Algeria to participate in certain Union programmes.

The horizontal framework established by the Protocol constitutes an economic, financial and technical cooperation measure which allows for access to assistance, in particular financial assistance, to be provided by the Union.

This framework applies only to those Union programmes for which the relevant constitutive legal acts provide for the possibility of the participation of Algeria.

The Commission is authorised to determine, on behalf of the Union, the specific terms and conditions applicable to the participation of Algeria in any given Union programme, including the financial contribution payable.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 16.1.2017. The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.