22007A0509(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 Russian Federation, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
                            Official Journal L 119 , 09/05/2007 P. 0032 - 0036
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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 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,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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 RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            of the other part,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            hereinafter referred to as "the Parties" for the purposes of this Protocol,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            HAVING REGARD TO the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, on 1 January 2007,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union arising from the accession to the EU of two new Member States, which opens opportunities and brings about challenges for cooperation between the Russian Federation 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 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,
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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 Russian Federation, of the other part, signed in Corfu on 24 June 1994 and entered into force on 1 December 1997, (hereinafter the Agreement), and shall adopt and take note, in the same manner as the other Member States of the Community, of 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 and the Protocol to the Agreement of 21 May 1997, that entered into force on 1 December 2000, and the Protocol to the Agreement of 27 April 2004 that entered into force on 1 March 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 Russian Federation in accordance with their own procedures.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            2. The Parties shall notify each other of the completion of the 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 deposit of the last instrument of approval.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            2. Pending the date of its entry into force, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from its date of signature.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Article 5
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            1. The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it, and the Protocols to the Agreement of 21 May 1997 and 27 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, and the Protocols to the Agreement of 21 May 1997 and 27 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, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish and Russian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Съставено в Люксембург на двадесет и трети април две хиляди и седма година
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Hecho en Luxemburgo, el veintitrés de abril de dos mil siete.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Lucemburku dne dvacátého třetího dubna dva tisíce sedm.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Udfærdiget i Luxembourg den treogtyvende april to tusind og syv.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Geschehen zu Luxemburg am dreiundzwanzigsten April zweitausendsieben.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta aprillikuu kahekümne kolmandal päeval Luxembourgis.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Έγινε στο Λουξεμβούργο, στις είκοσι τρεις Απριλίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Done at Luxembourg on the twenty-third day of April in the year two thousand and seven.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Fait à Luxembourg, le vingt-trois avril deux mille sept.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Fatto a Lussemburgo, addì ventitré aprile duemilasette.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Luksemburgā, divi tūkstoši septītā gada divdesmit trešajā aprīlī.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Priimta du tūkstančiai septintųjų metų balandžio dvidešimt trečią dieną Liuksemburge.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Kelt Luxembourgban, a kettőezer hetedik év április havának huszonharmadik napján.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Magħmul fil-Lussemburgu, fit- tlieta u għoxrin jum ta' April tas-sena elfejn u sebgħa
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Gedaan te Luxemburg, de drieëntwintigste april tweeduizend zeven.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Sporządzono w Luksemburgu dnia dwudziestego trzeciego kwietnia roku dwa tysiące siódmego.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Feito no Luxemburgo, em vinte e três de Abril de dois mil e sete.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Încheiat la Luxemburg la douăzeci și trei aprilie, anul două mii șapte.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Luxemburgu dňa dvadsiateho tretieho apríla dvetisíssedem.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            V Luxembourgu, triindvajsetega aprila leta dva tisoč sedem.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Tehty Luxemburgissa kahdentenakymmenentenäkolmantena päivänä huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsemän.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Som skedde i Luxemburg den tjugotredje april tjugohundrasju.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Совершено в Люксембурге двадцать третьего апреля две тысячи седьмого года.
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            På medlemsstaternas vägnar
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            За государства-члены
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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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 Communidades Europeias
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pentru Comunitatea Europeană
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Európske spoločenstvá
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Evropske skupnosti
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            På europeiska gemenskapernas vägnar
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            За Европейские сообщества
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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                            За Руската Федерация
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            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
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Pentru Federația Rusă
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Ruskú federáciu
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Za Rusko federacijo
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            Venäjän federaation puolesta
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            För Ryska Federationen
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
                            За Российскую Федерацию
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                
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