RECOMMENDATION

No 1/2007

OF THE EU-LEBANON ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 19 January 2007

on the implementation of the EU-Lebanon Action Plan

(2007/C 89/01)

THE EU-LEBANON ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement’), and in particular Article 76(2), second sentence thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 76 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement gives the Association Council the power to make appropriate recommendations, for the purpose of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

(2) In terms of Article 86 of the Euro-Mediterranean 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.

(3) The Parties to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement have agreed on the text of the EU-Lebanon Action Plan.

(4) The EU-Lebanon Action Plan will support the implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement through the elaboration and agreement between the Parties of concrete steps which will provide practical guidance for such implementation.

(5) The Action Plan serves the dual purpose of setting out concrete steps in bringing the fulfilment of the Parties' obligations set out in the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, and of providing a broader framework for further strengthening EU-Lebanon relations to involve a significant measure of economic integration and a deepening of political cooperation, in accordance with the overall objectives of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

Sole Article

The Association Council recommends that the Parties implement the EU-Lebanon Action Plan(1), insofar as such implementation is directed towards attainment of the objectives of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement.

Done at Brussels, on 19 January 2007.

For the Association Council

The President

F.-W.

STEINMEIER

(1)  http://register.consilium.europa.eu