EC/Tunisia agreement: protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean agreement following the 2004 enlargement

PURPOSE: The signature and conclusion of a Protocol between the EU and the Republic of Tunisia taking account of EU expansion.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision

CONTENT: The accession of the new EU Member States to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Act of Accession. Negotiations between the EU and Tunisia regarding the Protocol have now been completed. The attached proposal is thus, for a Council Decision on the signature of the Protocol and a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol. The most important aspects of the protocol are the provision for the accession of the new Member States to the EU-Tunisia Association Agreement, the adaptation of the Protocol on agricultural products and the inclusion of the new official languages of the EU.