Brussels, 16.7.2021

COM(2021) 320 final

ANNEX

to the

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council set up by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, as regards the extension of the EU-Tunisia Strategic Priorities until new updated joint documents are adopted by the EU and Tunisia


ANNEX

DECISION No xx/2021 OF THE EU-TUNISIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of [dd/mm/yyy]

agreeing on the extension of the EU-Tunisia Strategic Priorities

THE EU-TUNISIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Tunisia, of the other part ("the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement"),

Whereas:

(1)The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, was signed on 17 July 1995 and entered into force on 01 March 1998 1 .

(2)Pursuant to Article 80 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, the Association Council may take decisions for the purpose of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

(3)Article 90 of the Agreement provides that the Parties are to take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement and are to see to it that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.

(4)By Decision No 1/2018 of the Association Council of 9 November 2018, the EU-Tunisia have agreed on Strategic Priorities to guide the partnership for the period 2018-20 2 . 

(5)In an exchange of letters, both parties agreed on the continued validity of the EU-Tunisia Strategic Priorities as a guiding document to consolidate the partnership pending the adoption of new updated joint documents.

(6)Article 10 of the Rules of Procedures of the Association Council provides for the possibility of taking decisions by written procedure between sessions, if the Parties so agree;

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Association Council, acting by written procedure, decides that the EU-Tunisia Strategic Priorities annexed to its Decision No 01/2018 of 9 November 2018, are extended until new updated joint documents are adopted by the EU and Tunisia.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at xx, [day month year].

   For the Association Council

(1)    DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION of 26 January 1998 on the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part; OJ L 97; 30 March 1998.
(2)    Decision No 1/2018 of the EU-Tunisia Association Council of 9 November 2018 adopting the EU-Tunisia strategic priorities for the period 2018-2020; OJ L 293/39; 20.11.2018.