Moldova–European Union Association Agreement

Moldova–European Union Association Agreement

Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part
Map of Europe with the European Union in green and Moldova in orange.
Type	European Union Association Agreement
Context	framework for cooperation between the EU and a non-EU country
Signed	June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27)
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Effective	July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)
Condition	ratification by all signatories
Signatories	European Union European Atomic Energy Community 28 EU member states  Moldova
Ratifiers	31 / 31 [1]
Depositary	General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
Languages	All 24 official Languages of the European Union

The Moldova–European Union Association Agreement is a treaty between the European Union (EU), Euratom, their 28 Member States and Moldova that establishes a political and economic association between the two parties. The parties committed to co-operate and converge economic policy, legislation, and regulation across a broad range of areas, including equal rights for workers, the exchange of information and staff in the area of justice, the modernisation of Moldova's energy infrastructure, and access to the European Investment Bank. The parties committed to regular summit meetings, and meetings among ministers, other officials, and experts.

The agreement commits Moldova to economic, judicial and financial reforms to converge its policies and legislation to those of the European Union.

History

The EU Association Agreement (AA) was initialed on 29 November 2013 in Brussels.^[2] It was signed on 27 June 2014 and was being provisionally applied starting 1 September 2014.

On 1 July 2016, the Association Agreement (AA) between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova fully came into force, following ratification by all 31 signatories.^[3]

  EU members and Moldova

  States that have ratified AA

Ratification

Signatory	Date	Institution			AB	Deposited[1]	Reference
Austria	8 July 2015	National Council	Approved			28 August 2015	[4]
	23 July 2015	Federal Council	Approved				[4]
		Presidential Assent	Granted
Belgium
	23 April 2015	Chamber of Representatives	102	17	18	1 February 2016	[5][6]
		Royal Assent (federal law)
	1 July 2015	Walloon Parliament (regional) (community)	63	2	4		[7]
			61	2	4		[7]
	22 June 2015	German-speaking Community	16	2	1		[8]
	24 June 2015	French Community	71	0	8		[9]
	20 November 2015	Brussels Regional Parliament	69	3	3		[10][11]
	20 November 2015	Brussels United Assembly [12] (FR language) (NL language)	53	3	1		[13][14]
			14	0	2		[13][14]
	17 June 2015	Flemish Parliament (regional) (community)	83	18			[15]
			88	19			[15]
	24 June 2015	COCOF Assembly	71	0	8		[16][17]
Bulgaria	24 July 2014	National Assembly	91	0	0	9 September 2014	[18]
	28 July 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted				[19]
Croatia	12 December 2014	Parliament	119	0	0	24 March 2015	[20]
18 December 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted			[21]
Cyprus	7 May 2015	House of Representatives	Approved			18 August 2015	[22]
	22 May 2015	Presidential Assent	Granted				[23]
Czech Republic	18 March 2015	Senate	53	0	10	12 June 2015	[24]
	9 April 2015	Chamber of Deputies	122	0	6		[24]
	19 May 2015	Presidential Assent	Granted				[25]
Denmark	18 December 2014	Parliament	101	8	0	18 February 2015	[26]
Estonia	4 November 2014	Assembly	62	0	0	12 January 2015	[27][28]
	13 November 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted				[29]
European Union and EAEC	13 November 2014	European Parliament	535	94	44	19 April 2016 (EAEC) 23 May 2016 (EU)	[30]
		Council of the European Union
Finland	10 March 2015	Parliament	Approved			6 May 2015	[31]
	24 April 2015	Presidential Assent	Granted				[32]
France	3 March 2015	Senate	Approved			3 July 2015	[33]
	16 April 2015	National Assembly	Approved				[33]
27 April 2015	Presidential Assent	Granted			[33]
Germany	8 May 2015	Bundesrat	Approved			22 July 2015	[34]
	26 March 2015	Federal Diet	Approved				[35]
27 May 2015	Presidential Assent	Granted			[36]
Greece	18 November 2015	Parliament	Approved			6 January 2016	[37]
	24 November 2015	Presidential Promulgation	Granted				[38]
Hungary	25 November 2014	National Assembly	133	0	6	7 April 2015	[39]
	5 December 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted				[39]
Ireland	27 January 2015	House of Representatives	58	19	0	17 April 2015	[40]
Italy	26 November 2015	Senate	151	35	11	3 February 2016	[41]
	29 July 2015	Chamber of Deputies	314	88	36		[41]
	7 December 2015	Presidential Assent	Granted				[42]
Latvia	14 July 2014	Parliament	79	0	0	2 October 2014	[43]
	18 July 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted				[44]
Lithuania	8 July 2014	Parliament	84	0	1	29 July 2014	[45]
	11 July 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted				[46]
Luxembourg	18 March 2015	Chamber of Deputies	55	2	0	12 May 2015	[47]
	12 April 2015	Grand Ducal Promulgation	Granted				[48]
Malta	21 August 2014	House of Representatives	Approved			29 August 2014	[49][50][51]
Moldova	2 July 2014	Parliament	59	4	0	23 July 2014	[52]
	8 July 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted				[53]
Netherlands	7 July 2015	Senate	Adopted			21 September 2015	[54]
	7 April 2015	House of Representatives	Adopted				[55]
	28 July 2015	Royal Promulgation	Granted				[54]
Poland	18 December 2014	Senate	79	0	0	24 March 2015	[56]
	5 December 2014	House of Representatives	420	0	0		[57][58]
29 December 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted			[59]
Portugal	20 March 2015	National Assembly	Approved			13 May 2015	[60]
	22 April 2015	Presidential Assent	Granted				[61]
Romania	2 July 2014	Chamber of Deputies	284	1	1	14 July 2014	[62]
	3 July 2014	Senate	122	0	0		[63]
	9 July 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted				[64]
Slovakia	23 September 2014	National Council	117	0	0	21 October 2014	[65]
	16 October 2014	Presidential Assent	Granted				[66]
Slovenia	13 May 2015	National Assembly	70	3	0	27 July 2015	[67][68]
	21 May 2015	Presidential Assent	Granted				[69]
Spain	27 May 2015	Senate	Approved			28 July 2015	[70]
	30 April 2015	Congress of Deputies	303	0	1		[71]
		Royal Assent	Granted
Sweden	26 November 2014	Parliament	249	44	0	9 January 2015	[72]
United Kingdom	9 March 2015	House of Lords	Approved			8 April 2015	[73]
	23 February 2015	House of Commons	Approved				[74]
	19 March 2015	Royal Assent	Order Made				[75]

The 31 parties are Moldova, the EU and Euratom and the 28 EU members.

Ratification notes

Malta

The ratification was performed in accordance with article 4(2)(b) of the Maltese European Union Act,^[49] which reads that:

"Provided that with regard to treaties and international conventions which Malta may accede to as Member State of the European Union, and treaties and international conventions which Malta is bound to ratify in its own name or on behalf of the European Community by virtue of its membership within the European Union, these shall come into force one month following their being submitted in order to be discussed by the Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs."^[50]

As the treaty was submitted to the Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs on 21 July 2014,^[51] the treaty came into force as part of the Maltese legislation on 21 August 2014.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The ratification was based on The European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Association Agreement) (Moldova) Order 2015, made in accordance with section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1972, after having been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

See also

• Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement
• Georgia–European Union Association Agreement

References

External links

• EU-Moldova Association Agreement – the complete texts from the European External Action Service