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 [2019/30]

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 ‘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 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 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 1/2016 of 19 December 2016, the Association Council agreed the 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.

(5) On the basis of a review of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities, the Parties have agreed that the Partnership Priorities as agreed in 2016 should be extended until the end of 2020 and that during the 2019-2020 period, a review of the Partnership Priorities and the EU-Jordan Compact annexed thereto can take place as appropriate.

(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-Jordan Partnership Priorities annexed to its Decision No 1/2016 of 19 December 2016, are extended until 31 December 2020.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 December 2018.

For the Association Council

The Chair

F. MOGHERINI