RECOMMENDATION No 1/2021 OF THE EU-AZERBAIJAN COOPERATION COUNCIL

of 22 December 2021

on the extension of the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership Priorities for the period 2021-2024 [2023/830]

THE EU-AZERBAIJAN COOPERATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 81 thereof,

Having regard to Recommendation No 1/2018 of the EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Council of 28 September 2018 on the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership Priorities (2),

Whereas:

(1) The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’) was signed on 22 April 1996 and entered into force on 1 July 1999.

(2) In accordance with Article 81 of the Agreement, the Cooperation Council may make appropriate recommendations for the purpose of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

(3) In accordance with Article 98 of the Agreement, the Parties to the Agreement 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) The European Union and Azerbaijan endorsed on 28 September 2018 the EU Azerbaijan Partnership Priorities for the period 2018-2020.

(5) The EU and Azerbaijan will bilaterally take into account in the Partnership Priorities long-term objectives and deliverables to be agreed between them in the context of the Eastern Partnership, including strengthening cooperation on public health,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

Article 1

The Cooperation Council recommends the extension of the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership Priorities, as adopted by the Cooperation Council in its meeting of 28 September 2018, until 2024. The Partnership Priorities may be updated or further extended by agreement of the Cooperation Council.

Article 2

This Recommendation shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2021.

For the Cooperation Council

The European Union

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

The Republic of Azerbaijan

J. BAYRAMOV

(1)

OJ L 246, 17.9.1999, p. 3

(2)

OJ L 265, 24.10.2018, p. 18