Council Decision (EU) 2020/409 of 17 February 2020 on the accession of Solomon Islands to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part

1 The accession of Solomon Islands to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (the ‘Interim Partnership Agreement’), is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to Solomon Islands’ deposit of the act of accession pursuant to Article 80(2) thereof.

2 The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, notify the other Contracting Parties to the Interim Partnership Agreement and Solomon Islands of the approval, by the Union, of the accession of Solomon Islands to the Interim Partnership Agreement.

3 The text of the market access offer of Solomon Islands is attached to this Decision.

1 For the purposes of provisionally applying the Interim Partnership Agreement between the Union and Solomon Islands, the President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification referred to in Article 76(3) of the Interim Partnership Agreement.

2 The Union and Solomon Islands shall provisionally apply the Interim Partnership Agreement 10 days after they have notified each other in writing of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose in accordance with paragraph 1.

The approval of the accession of Solomon Islands to the Interim Partnership Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts or tribunals.

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