PROTOCOL
to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
                            THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            IRELAND,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            HUNGARY,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            ROMANIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Contracting Parties to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referered to as the ‘Union’, and
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            of the one part,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            AND
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            of the other part,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            hereinafter referred to together as ‘the Parties’,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            WHEREAS the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in Florence on 21 June 1996,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            WHEREAS the Treaty of the Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union was signed in Brussels on 9 December 2011,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia and the adjustments to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, its accession to the Agreement is to be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to the Agreement,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Union and to the European Atomic Energy Community on 1 July 2013,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                Article 1
                            The Republic of Croatia shall accede to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, signed in Florence on 21 June 1996. The Republic of Croatia shall also adopt and take note of, in the same manner as the other Member States, the texts of the Agreement and of the Joint Declarations, Declarations and Exchanges of Letters annexed to the Final Act signed on the same date, as well as the Protocols signed in 2004, 2008 and 2011, which are integral parts of the Agreement.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                Article 2
                            In due time after the signature of this Protocol, the Union shall communicate the text of the Agreement in the Croatian language to the Member States and to the Republic of Uzbekistan. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol, the text referred to in the first sentence of this Article shall become authentic under the same conditions as Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Uzbek texts of the Agreement.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                Article 3
                            This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                Article 4
                            1.   This Protocol shall be approved by the Parties, in accordance with their own procedures, and the Parties shall notify one another of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            2.   This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the month during which the last notification provided for in paragraph 1 has been carried out.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            3.   Pending its entry into force, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from 1 July 2013.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                Article 5
                            This Protocol shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Uzbek languages, each text being equally authentic.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly empowered to this effect, have signed this Protocol.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Съставено в Брюксел на седемнадесети юли през две хиляди и седемнадесета година.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Hecho en Bruselas, el diecisiete de julio de dos mil diecisiete.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Bruselu dne sedmnáctého července dva tisíce sedmnáct.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syttende juli to tusind og sytten.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebzehnten Juli zweitausendsiebzehn.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Kahe tuhande seitsmeteistkümnenda aasta juulikuu seitsmeteistkümnendal päeval Brüsselis.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δεκαεπτά Ιουλίου δύο χιλιάδες δεκαεπτά.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Done at Brussels on the seventeenth day of July in the year two thousand and seventeen.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-sept juillet deux mille dix-sept.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu sedamnaestog srpnja godine dvije tisuće sedamnaeste.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciassette luglio duemiladiciassette.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Briselē, divi tūkstoši septiņpadsmitā gada septiņpadsmitajā jūlijā.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Priimta du tūkstančiai septynioliktų metų liepos septynioliktą dieną Briuselyje.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-tizenhetedik év július havának tizenhetedik napján.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Magħmul fi Brussell, fis-sbatax-il jum ta’ Lulju fis-sena elfejn u sbatax.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Gedaan te Brussel, zeventien juli tweeduizend zeventien.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia siedemnastego lipca roku dwa tysiące siedemnastego.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Feito em Bruxelas, em dezassete de julho de dois mil e dezassete.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Întocmit la Bruxelles la șaptesprezece iulie două mii șaptesprezece.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Bruseli sedemnásteho júla dvetisícsedemnásť.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Bruslju, dne sedemnajstega julija leta dva tisoč sedemnajst.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Tehty Brysselissä seitsemäntenätoista päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsemäntoista.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Som skedde i Bryssel den sjuttonde juli år tjugohundrasjutton.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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                            За Европейския съюз
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Рог la Unión Europea
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Evropskou unii
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For Den Europæiske Union
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Für die Europäische Union
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Euroopa Liidu nimel
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For the European Union
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pour l'Union européenne
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Europsku uniju
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Per l'Unione europea
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Eiropas Savienības vārdā –
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Europos Sąjungos vardu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Az Európai Unió részéről
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Għall-Unjoni Ewropea
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Voor de Europese Unie
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            W imieniu Unii Europejskiej
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pela União Europeia
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pentru Uniunea Europeană
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Európsku úniu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Evropsko unijo
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Euroopan unionin puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            För Europeiska unionen
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Европа Иттифоки номидан
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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                            За държавите-членки
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Por los Estados miembros
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za členské státy
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For medlemsstaterne
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Für die Mitgliedstaaten
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Liikmesriikide nimel
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Για τα κράτη μέλη
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For the Member States
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pour les États membres
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za države članice
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Per gli Stati membri
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Dalībvalstu vārdā –
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Valstybių narių vardu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            A tagállamok részéről
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Għall-Istati Membri
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Voor de lidstaten
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            W imieniu Państw Członkowskich
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pelos Estados-Membros
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pentru statele membre
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za členské štáty
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za države članice
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Jäsenvaltioiden puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            För medlemsstaterna
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Аъзо давлатлар номидан
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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                            За Европейската общност за атомна енергия
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Por la Comunidad Europea de la Energía Atómica
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Evropské společenství pro atomovou energii
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For Det Europæiske Atomenergifællesskab
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Für die Europäische Atomgemeinschaft
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Euroopa Aatomienergiaühenduse nimel
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα Ατομικής Ενέργειας
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For the European Atomic Energy Community
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pour la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Europsku zajednicu za atomsku energiju
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Per la Comunità europea dell'energia atomica
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Eiropas Atomenerģijas Kopienas vārdā –
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Europos atominės energijos bendrijos vardu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Az Európai Atomenergia-közösség részéről
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            F'isem il-Komunità Ewropea tal-Enerġija Atomika
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Voor de Europese Gemeenschap voor Atoomenergie
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            W imieniu Europejskiej Wspólnoty Energii Atomowej
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pela Comunidade Europeia da Energia Atómica
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pentru Comunitatea Europeană a Energiei Atomice
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Európske spoločenstvo pre atómovú energiu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Evropsko skupnost za atomsko energtjo
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Euroopan atomienergiajärjestön puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            För Europeiska atomenergigemenskapen
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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                            За Република Узбекистан
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Por la República de Uzbekistán
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Republiku Uzbekistán
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For Republikken Usbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Für die Republik Usbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Usbekistani Vabariigi nimel
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Για τη Δημοκρατία του Ουζμπεκιστάν
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For the Republic of Uzbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pour la République d'Ouzbékistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Republiku Uzbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Per la Repubblica dell'Uzbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Uzbekistānas Republikas vārdā –
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Uzbekistano Respublikos vardu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Az Üzbeg Köztársaság részéről
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Għar-Repubblika tal-Użbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Voor de Republiek Oezbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            W imieniu Republiki Uzbekistanu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pela República do Usbequistão
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pentru Republica Uzbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Uzbeckú republiku
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Republiko Uzbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Uzbekistanin tasavallan puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            För Republiken Uzbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Ўзбекистон Республикаси номидан
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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