The Netherlands ratifies EU-Georgia Association Agreement

The Parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).

On April 7 the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Netherlands voted for the EU- Georgia AA, and the agreement was ratified after gaining majority support.

The AA deal was signed by Georgia and the EU on June 27, 2014 in Brussels.

Georgia has already ratified the agreement but the ratification process is currently continuing in EU member states. EU Association deals need to be ratified by all 28 EU member countries before the agreement can be fully implemented.

European Parliament approved the EU-Georgia deal on December 18, 2014.

The Netherlands was the 19th EU member state to ratify the EU-Georgia deal. Other countries who have already ratified the important deal are: United Kingdom, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.