EC/Croatia agreement: provisional application of an interim agreement for the trade provisions

PURPOSE : to conclude an Interim Agreement between the EC and Croatia. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Decision 2002/107/EC concerning the conclusion of an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community and Croatia. CONTENT : the Decision covers the legal instrument for the conclusion of the Interim Agreement between the EC and Croatia. Pending the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Croatia and by all the Parliaments, the Council has concluded an Interim Agreement to speed up the implementation of trade and trade-related matters provided in the Stabilisation and Association Agreement. The Interim Agreement will replace the unilateral Autonomous Trade Measures granted by the European Community to the Republic of Croatia under Council Regulation 2007/2000/EC, with the exception of those provisions of the Regulation containing more favourable trade concessions, which will continue to apply in parallel to the Interim Agreement. ENTRY INTO FORCE : the Agreement will be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 2002 and shall enter into force 1 March 2002.�