2014/343/EU: Council Decision of 24 March 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area, and of three related agreements
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The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area and the related Protocols is hereby authorised, subject to their conclusion. The texts of the Agreement and of the related Protocols, as well as the Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters concerning their provisional application, are attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement and the related Protocols, as well as the Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters concerning their provisional application, on behalf of the Union.
The Agreement and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014 consequent to the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area shall be applied on a provisional basis from the day following the date on which the last of the Exchanges of Letters has been completed, pending the completion of the procedures for the said Agreement and Protocol. The Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland consequent to the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent to the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union shall be applied on a provisional basis from the first day of the third month following the deposit of the last notification regarding provisional application, in accordance with Article 4 of both Additional Protocols.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
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