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RECOMMENDATION (15093/2023 – C90017/2024 – 2023/0220(NLE))

On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt on the general principles for the participation of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Union programmes

A-9-2024-0175

Committee on Foreign Affairs · Rapporteur: Michael Gahler

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Parliament's committee report asks Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement with Egypt. The Protocol sets out general principles for Egypt's participation in Union programmes.

Committee position. The Committee on Foreign Affairs recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.

Key points

  1. Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol on a Framework Agreement with Egypt on the general principles for Egypt's participation in Union programmes.
  2. The Protocol is attached to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
  3. The Council requested Parliament's consent for the conclusion of the Protocol.

Who is affected

  • Egypt: the Protocol concerns its participation in Union programmes.
  • The Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the member states and Egypt are to receive Parliament's position.

Legal basis: Article 212 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), and Article 218(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.