22006A0706(05)
Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
                            Official Journal L 185 , 06/07/2006 P. 0017 - 0020
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Protocol
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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 RUSSIAN FEDERATION
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            of the other part,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            HAVING REGARD TO the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May 2004,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 1
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia 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 Russian Federation, of the other part, signed at Corfu on 24 June 1994 (hereinafter the Agreement) and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner, as the other Member States of the Community, of the texts of the Agreement, as well as of the Joint Declarations, Exchanges of Letters, and Declaration by the Russian Federation annexed to the Final Act signed on the same date and the Protocol to the Agreement of 21 May 1997 that entered into force on 12 October 2000.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 2
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            To take into account recent institutional developments within the European Union, the Parties agree that following the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, existing provisions in the Agreement referring to the European Coal and Steel Community shall be deemed to refer to the European Community which has taken over all rights and obligations contracted by the European Coal and Steel Community.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 3
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 4
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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 Russian Federation in accordance with their own procedures.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            2. The Parties shall notify each other of the accomplishment 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 5
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            1. This Protocol shall enter into force on 1 May 2004 provided that all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before that date.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            2. If not all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before that date, 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.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            3. If not all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before 1 May 2004, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from 1 May 2004.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 6
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it as well as the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of 21 May 1997 are drawn up in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovene and Slovak languages.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            They are annexed to this Protocol [1] 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 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of 21 May 1997 are drawn up.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 7
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovene, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Russian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Hecho en Luxemburgo, el veintisiete de abril de dos mil cuatro.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Lucemburku dne dvacátého sedmého dubna dva tisíce čtyři.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Udfærdiget i Luxembourg den syvogtyvende april to tusind og fire.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Geschehen zu Luxemburg am siebenundzwanzigsten April zweitausendundvier.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Kahe tuhande neljanda aasta kahekümne seitsmendal aprillil Luxembourgis.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Έγινε στo Λουξεμβούργο, στις είκοσι επτά Απριλίου δύο χιλιάδες τέσσερα.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Done at Luxembourg on the twenty‐seventh day of April in the year two thousand and four.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Fait à Luxembourg, le vingt‐sept avril deux mille quatre.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Fatto a Lussemburgo, addì ventisette aprile duemilaquattro.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Luksemburgā, divi tūkstoši ceturtā gada divdesmit septītajā aprīlī.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Priimta du tūkstančiai ketvirtų metų balandžio dvidešimt septintą dieną Liuksemburge.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Kelt Luxembourgban, a kétezer-negyedik év április havának huszonhetedik napján.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Magħmul fil-Lussemburgu fis-sebgħa u għoxrin jum ta' April tas-sena elfejn u erbgħa.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Gedaan te Luxemburg, de zevenentwintigste april tweeduizend vier.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Sporządzono w Luksemburgu, dnia dwudziestego siódmego kwietnia roku dwa tysiące czwartego.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Feito no Luxemburgo, em vinte e sete de Abril de dois mil e quatro.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Luxemburgu dvadsiateho siedmeho apríla dvetisícštyri.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Luxembourgu, dne sedemindvajsetega aprila leta dva tisoč štiri.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Tehty Luxemburgissa kahdentenakymmenentenäseitsemäntenä päivänä huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaneljä.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Som skedde i Luxemburg den tjugosjunde april tjugohundrafyra.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Совершенно в Люксембурге двацати седьмого апреля 2004 г.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Dalībvalstu vārdā
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Valstybių narių vardu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            A tagállamok részéről
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Għall-Istati Membri
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Voor de lidstaten
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            W imieniu Państw Członkowskich
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pelos Estados-Membros
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za členské štáty
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za države članice
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Jäsenvaltioiden puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            På medlemsstaternas vägnar
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Аъзо Давлатлар Номидан
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            +++++ TIFF +++++
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Európske spoločenstvá
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Evropske skupnosti
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            På europeiska gemenskapernas vägnar
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Европа Xамжамиятлари Номидан
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            +++++ TIFF +++++
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Por la Federación de Rusia
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Ruskou federaci
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For Den Russiske Føderation
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Für die Russische Föderation
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Venemaa Föderatsiooni nimel
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Για τη Ρωσική Ομοσπονδία
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            For the Russian Federation
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pour la Fédération de Russie
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Per la Federazione russa
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Krievijas Federācijas vārdā
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Rusijos Federacijos vardu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Az Orosz Föderáció részéről
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Għall-Federazzjoni Russa
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Voor de Russische Federatie
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            W imieniu Federacji Rosyjskiej
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pela Federação da Rússia
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Ruskú federáciu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Rusko federacijo
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Venäjän federaation puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            På ryska federationen vägnar
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Ўзбекистон Республикаси Номидан
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            +++++ TIFF +++++
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            [1] The Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian versions of the Agreement shall be published in a special edition of the Official Journal at a later date.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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