On 24 December 2016, the Official Journal published Council Decision (EU) 2016/2369 of 11 November 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador. The Council Decision authorises the EU to sign and provisionally apply (pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion) the Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the EU, and Colombia and Peru, to take account of the accession of Ecuador. As a result, the provisions of the Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis by the Union as provided for in Article 330(3) thereof, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for the conclusion of the Protocol, with the exception of Article 2, Article 202(1) and Articles 291 and 292 of the Agreement.
