The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and the Republic of Montenegro
16/08/2011 91The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part was signed on October 15th, 2007 and entered into force on May 1st, 2010.
This Agreement aims at implementing as speedily as possible, by means of an Interim Agreement, provisions of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement on trade and trade-related matters in order to ensure the development of trade links between the EC and the Republic of Montenegro by strengthening and widening the relations established previously.
The contents of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement include:
Preamble
Title I General Principles
Title II Political Dialogue
Title III Regional Cooperation
Title IV Free Movement of Goods
Chapter I: Industrial Products
Chapter II: Agriculture and Fisheries
Chapter III: Common Provisions
Title V Movement of Workers, establishment, supply of services, capital
Chapter I: Movement of workers
Chapter II: Establishment
Chapter III: Supply of services
Chapter IV: Current payments and movement of capital
Chapter V: General provisions
Title VI Approximation of laws, law enforcement and competition rules
Title VII Justice, freedom and security
Title VIII Cooperation policies
Title IX Financial Cooperation
Title X Institutional, general and final Provisions
Annexes
Annex I (Article 21) Montenegrin tariff concessions for community industrial products
Annex II (Article 26) Definition of “baby beef” products
Annex III (Article 27) Montenegrin tariff concessions for agricultural primary products originating in the community
Annex IV (Article 29) Community concessions for Montenegrin fisheries products referred to in of this Agreement
Annex V (Article 30) Community concessions for Montenegrin fisheries products referred to in of this Agreement
Annex VI Establishment: Financial Services
Annex VII (Article 75) Intellectual, Industrial and Commercial property Rights
Protocols
Protocol 1: Trade between the Community and Montenegro in processed agricultural products
Protocol 2: Reciprocal preferential concessions for certain wines, the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of wine, spirit drinks and aromatised wine names
Protocol 3: Definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation for the application of the provisions of this agreement between the Community and Montenegro
Protocol 4: Land transport
Protocol 5: State aid to the steel industry
Protocol 6: Mutual administrative assistance in customs matters Montenegro
Protocol 7: Dispute settlement
Protocol 8: General principles for the participation of Montenegro in Community programmes
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