Considerations on COM(2011)88 - Signature of an Agreement with the Palestinian Authority providing further liberalisation of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products and amending the Association Agreement with the Palestinian Authority

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dossier COM(2011)88 - Signature of an Agreement with the Palestinian Authority providing further liberalisation of agricultural products, processed ...
document COM(2011)88 EN
date April 12, 2011
 
table>(1)On 14 November 2005, the Council authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations in order to achieve greater liberalisation of trade in agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products with certain Mediterranean countries. The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, providing further liberalisation of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products and amending the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’).
(2)The Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date,