22008A1014(01)
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 Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
                            Official Journal L 272 , 14/10/2008 P. 0006 - 0010
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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 Bulgaria and Romania 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 ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            hereinafter referred to as the "Member States", represented by the Council of the European Union, and
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            hereinafter referred to as "the Communities", represented by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            of the one part, and
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            of the other part,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            hereinafter referred to as "Parties" for the purposes of this Protocol,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            HAVING REGARD TO the provisions of the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, which was signed in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 and is applied from 1 January 2007,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the European Union arising from the accession to the EU of two new Member States, which opens opportunities for further development of cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the European Union,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the desire of the Parties to ensure the attainment and implementation of the objectives and principles of the PCA,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 1
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania shall be Parties 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 and entered into force on 1 July 1999 (hereinafter the Agreement) and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner, as the other Member States, of the texts of the Agreement, as well as of the Joint Declarations, Exchanges of Letters, and Declaration by the Republic of Uzbekistan annexed to the Final Act signed on the same date and the Protocol to the Agreement of 30 April 2004, which entered into force on 1 November 2005.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 2
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 3
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            1. This Protocol shall be approved by the Communities, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States and by the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with their own procedures.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            2. The Parties shall notify each other of the completion of the corresponding procedures referred to in the preceding paragraph. The instruments of approval shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 4
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            2. Pending the date of its entry into force, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from 1 January 2007.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 5
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            1. The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it, as well as the Protocol to the Agreement of 30 April 2004, are drawn up in the Bulgarian and Romanian languages.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            2. They are annexed to this Protocol and are equally authentic with the texts in the other languages in which the Agreement, the Final Act and the documents annexed to it, as well as the Protocol to the Agreement of 30 April 2004, are drawn up.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 6
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Uzbek languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Съставено в Брюксел на двадесетия ден от м. май две хиляди и осма година.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Hecho en Bruselas, el veinte de mayo de dos mil ocho.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Bruselu dne dvacátého května dva tisíce osm.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den tyvende maj to tusind og otte.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Geschehen zu Brüssel am zwanzigsten Mai zweitausendacht.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Kahe tuhande kaheksanda aasta maikuu kahekümnendal päeval Brüsselis.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            'Εγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι Μαΐου δύο χιλιάδες οκτώ.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Done at Brussels on the twentieth day of May in the year two thousand and eight.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt mai deux mille huit.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Fatto a Bruxelles, addì venti maggio duemilaotto.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Briselē, divtūkstoš astotā gada divdesmitajā maijā.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Priimta du tūkstančiai aštuntų metų gegužės dvidešimtą dieną Briuselyje.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-nyolcadik év május huszadik napján.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Magħmul fi Brussell, fl- għoxrin jum ta’ Mejju tas-sena elfejn u tmienja.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Gedaan te Brussel, de twintigste mei tweeduizend acht.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego maja roku dwa tysiące ósmego.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte de Maio de dois mil e oito.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Încheiat la Bruxelles, la douăzeci mai două mii opt.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Bruseli dvadsiateho mája dvetisícosem.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Bruslju, dne dvajsetega maja leta dva tisoč osem.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenä päivänä toukokuuta vuonna kaksituhattakahdeksan.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Utfärdat i Bryssel den tjugonde maj tjugohundraåtta.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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                            За дьржавите-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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Per gli Stati membri
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Dalīvalstu 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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            På medlemsstaternas vägnar
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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                            За Европейската общност
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Por las Comunidades Europeas
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Evropská společenství
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For De Europæiske Fællesskaber
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Euroopa ühenduste nimel
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Κοινότητες
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For the European Communities
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pour les Communautés européennes
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Per le Comunità europee
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Eiropas Kopienu vārdā
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Europos Bendrijų vardu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Az Európai Közösségek részéről
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Għall-Komunitajiet Ewropej
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Voor de Europese Gemeenschappen
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            W imieniu Wspólnot Europejskich
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pelas Comunidades Europeias
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pentru Comunitatea Europenă
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Európske spoločenstvá
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Evropske skupnosti
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            På Europeiska gemenskapernas vägnar
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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                            За Република Узбекистан
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Por la República de Uzbekistán
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Uzbeckou republiku
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Per la Repubblica dell’Uzbekistan
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Uzbekistānas Republikas vārdā
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Uzbekistano Respublikos vardu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Az Üzbég Köztársaság részéről
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Għar-Repubblika ta' l-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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            På Republiken Uzbekistans vägnar
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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