RECOMMENDATION OF THE EU-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY JOINT COMMITTEE

of 14 April 2013

on the implementation of the European Union-Palestinian Authority European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan

THE EU-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part(1), and in particular Article 63(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 70 of euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), the Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement and shall see to it that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.

(2) The Parties to the Agreement have agreed on the text of the European Union – Palestinian Authority European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan (‘the EU-PA ENP Action Plan’).

(3) The EU-PA ENP Action Plan should support the implementation of the Agreement through the drawing up and adoption of concrete steps with a view to attaining its objectives.

(4) The EU-PA ENP Action Plan serves the dual purpose of setting out concrete steps with a view to the respect, by the parties, of the obligations set out in the Agreement and of providing a broader framework for further strengthening EU-PA relations.

HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the Parties implement the EU-PA ENP Action Plan(2) insofar as such implementation is directed towards attainment of the objectives of the euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part,

Done at Brussels, 14 April 2013.

For the EU-Palestinian Authority Joint Committee

The President

C. ASHTON

(1)  

OJ L 187, 16.7.1997, p. 3

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(2)  http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/12/st17/st17814.en12.pdf