DECISION No 2/2021 OF THE EU-JORDAN ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 26 November 2021

agreeing on the extension of the validity of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities [2021/2216]

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 the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part,

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 ( 1 ) (the ‘Agreement’) was signed on 24 November 1997 and entered into force on 1 May 2002.

(2)

Under Article 91 of the Agreement, the Association Council has the power to take appropriate decisions, for the purpose of attaining the objectives of the Agreement.

(3)

Article 101 of the Agreement states 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 its Decision No 1/2016 ( 2 ) , the Association Council agreed on 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)

By its Decision No 1/2018 ( 3 ) , the Association Council decided to extend the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities until 31 December 2020.

(6)

In an Exchange of Letters, both sides agreed that the validity of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities should be extended as a guiding document to consolidate the partnership pending the adoption of new updated Partnership Priorities.

(7)

Article 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the Association Council provides for the possibility to adopt decisions by written procedure in the period between meetings, if both Parties so agree,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Association Council, acting by written procedure, decides that the validity of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities, annexed to its Decision No 1/2016, shall be extended until new updated Partnership Priorities are adopted by the Association Council.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 November 2021.

For the EU-Jordan Association Council

The President

Ayman SAFADI

( 1 ) OJ L 129, 15.5.2002, p. 3 .

( 2 ) Decision No 1/2016 of the EU-Jordan Association Council of 19 December 2016 agreeing on EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities ( OJ L 355, 24.12.2016, p. 31 ).

( 3 ) Decision No 1/2018 of the EU-Jordan Association Council of 12 December 2018 agreeing on a 2-year extension of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities ( OJ L 8, 10.1.2019, p. 34 ).