Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Official Documents

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community and the
Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and the Treaty on
European Union, hereinafter referred to as "Member States", and
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY
COMMUNITY,
hereinafter referred to as the "Community",
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
together referred to as "the Parties",
of the one part, and
of the other part,
CONSIDERING the strong links between the Parties and the values that they share,
their desire to strengthen those links and establish a close and lasting relationship
based on reciprocity and mutual interest, which should allow Bosnia and
Herzegovina to further strengthen and extend the relations with the Community;
CONSIDERING the importance of this Agreement, in the framework of the
Stabilisation and Association process with the countries of south-eastern Europe, in
the establishment and consolidation of a stable European order based on
cooperation, of which the European Union is a mainstay, as well as in the
framework of the Stability Pact;
CONSIDERING the European Union's readiness to integrate Bosnia and
Herzegovina to the fullest possible extent into the political and economic
mainstream of Europe and its status as a potential candidate for EU membership on
the basis of the Treaty on European Union (hereinafter referred to as the "EU
Treaty") 1 and fulfilment of the criteria defined by the European Council in
June 1993 as well as the conditions of the Stabilisation and Association process,
subject to the successful implementation of this Agreement, notably regarding
regional cooperation;
CONSIDERING the European Partnership with Bosnia and Herzegovina, which
identifies priorities for action in order to support the country's efforts to move
closer to the European Union;
1 Treaty Series No. 12 (1994) Cm 2485
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