Considerations on COM(2013)868 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol on a Framework Agreement with Azerbaijan on the participation of Azerbaijan in Union programmes - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2013)868 - Signing and provisional application of a Protocol on a Framework Agreement with Azerbaijan on the participation of ... |
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document | COM(2013)868 |
date | April 14, 2014 |
(2) | The negotiations have been concluded. |
(3) | The objective of the Protocol is to lay down the financial and technical rules enabling the Republic of Azerbaijan to participate in certain Union programmes. The horizontal framework established by the Protocol constitutes an economic, financial and technical cooperation measure which allows for access to assistance, in particular financial assistance, to be provided by the Union pursuant to those programmes. That framework applies only to those programmes for which the relevant constitutive legal acts provide for the possibility of the participation of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The signing and provisional application of the Protocol therefore does not entail the exercise of powers under the various sectoral policies pursued by the programmes, which are exercised when establishing the programmes. |
(4) | The Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Union and it should be applied on a provisional basis pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion, |