EC/Mexico Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement: Protocol following the 2004 enlargement

PURPOSE : to conclude an Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the Community and Mexico.

PROPOSED ACT : Council Decision.

CONTENT :  according to Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the new Member States to the EU, the accession of the new EU Member States to the EU-Mexico Economic Partnership, Political co-ordination and Cooperation Agreement is to be agreed by means of an additional protocol to this Agreement. The same article provides for a simplified procedure, whereby the protocol is to be concluded by the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States and by the third country concerned. This procedure is without prejudice to the Community's own competences.

The text of the protocol negotiated with Mexico is attached.