EC/ASEAN: extension of the EC/ASEAN cooperation agreement to Vietnam

PURPOSE: extension of the Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and the members of ASEAN to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Decision 1999/295/EC concerning the conclusion of the Protocol on the extension of the Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and the member countries of ASEAN to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. CONTENT: This Council Decision relates to the conclusion of the Protocol on the extension of the Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and Brunei-Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), to Vietnam. ENTRY INTO FORCE: As the ASEAN countries have already notified the Secretariat of the Council that they have accomplished the procedures necessary for the entry into force of this Protocol, signed on 14 February 1997, it will come into force on 1 May 1999 (first day of the month following the conclusion by all parties of their internal procedures).�