Brussels, 16.7.2021

COM(2021) 319 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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, as regards the extension of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities until new updated joint documents are adopted by the EU and Jordan







ANNEX

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

of [dd/mm/yyy]

agreeing on the extension of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities

THE EU-JORDAN 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 Jordan, 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 Jordan, of the other part, was signed on 24 November 1997 and entered into force on 1 May 2002.

(2)Article 91 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement gives the Association Council the power to take appropriate decisions, for the purposes of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

(3)Article 101 of the Agreement states 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 1/2016 of 19 December 2016, the Association Council agreed EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities for the period 2016-2018 to consolidate their partnership with the aim of supporting and strengthening Jordan's resilience and stability while seeking to also address the impact of the protracted conflict in Syria. 1

(5)By Decision No 1/2018 of 12 December 2018, the Association Council decided to extend the validity of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities until 31 December 2020. 2

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

(7)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-Jordan Partnership Priorities annexed to its Decision No 1/2016 of 19 December 2016 are extended until new updated joint documents are adopted by the EU and Jordan.

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 No 1/2016 of the EU-Jordan Association Council of 19 December 2016 agreeing on EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities; OJ L 355; 24.12.2016, p. 31.
(2)    Decision No 1/2018 of the EU-Jordan Association Council of 12 December 2018 agreeing on a two-year extension of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities; OJ L 8; 10.1.2019, p. 34.