Council Decision (EU) 2015/1036
of 7 May 2015
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Independent State of Samoa on the short-stay visa waiver
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular point (a) of Article 77(2), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
That reference to the Independent State of Samoa is accompanied by a footnote indicating that the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the European Union.
On 9 October 2014, the Council adopted a decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with the Independent State of Samoa for the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Independent State of Samoa on the short-stay visa waiver (the `‘Agreement’).
Negotiations on the Agreement were opened on 19 November 2014 and were successfully finalised by the initialling thereof, by Exchange of Letters, on 15 December 2014.
The Agreement should be signed, and the declarations attached to the Agreement should be approved, on behalf of the Union. The Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of its signature, pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: