EC/Croatia agreement: stabilisation and association agreement

PURPOSE : to conclude the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and Croatia. CONTENT : the purpose of this draft proposal is to approve the stabilisation and association agreement, the Annexes and Protocols annexed thereto and the declarations attached to the final act. The position to be taken by the Community within the Stabilisation and Association Council and within the Stabilisation and Association Committee when the latter is empowered to act by the Stabilisation and Association Council shall be determined by the Council, on a proposal by the Commission, or, where appropriate, by the Commission, each in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the Treaties. It should be added that the commercial provisions contained in the Agreement are of an exceptional nature, connected with the policy implemented within the framework of the stabilisation and association process and will not constitute, for the European Union, any precedent in the commercial policy of the Community with regard to the third countries another than those of the Western Balkans.�