Pending the completion of the procedure necessary for the ratification and entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, the Council is also in the process of concluding an Interim Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, covering trade and trade-related matters, hereinafter referred to as 'the Interim Agreement', which will be applied as of 1 January 2002.
Do zaključka postopka, potrebnega za ratifikacijo in začetek veljavnosti Stabilizacijsko-pridružitvenega sporazuma, je Svet tudi v postopku sklenitve Začasnega sporazuma med Evropsko skupnostjo na eni strani in Republiko Hrvaško na drugi strani, ki obsega trgovino in zadeve v zvezi s trgovino, v nadaljnjem besedilu imenovanim "Začasni sporazum", ki začne veljati s 1. januarjem 2002.