Czech Parliament ratifies EU-Georgia Association Agreement

The Czech Republic is the 19th member of EU to ratify the EU-Georgia deal. -
Agenda.ge, 29 Apr 2015 - 22:35, Tbilisi,Georgia

Both Chambers of Parliament of the Czech Republic finished the ratification process of the Association Agreement signed by the European Union and Georgia on June 27, 2014 in Brussels.

Today, members of the Chamber of Deputies voted in favour of the ratification of the EU-Georgia deal. The document was approved by the majority of votes with 116 members in favour and one against at its second hearing.

The Senate of the Czech Republic ratified the EU-Georgia deal on March 19, 2015.

The ratification process in the Czech Republic will be completely finished when President Milos Zeman signs the document.

The Czech Republic is 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.

Ratification of the EU-Georgia deal is ahead for nine more EU member states.

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

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.