22007A0427(01)

Protocol

to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, on accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the PCA

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

UKRAINE

of the other part,

hereinafter referred to as "the 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 at Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 and entered into force on 1 January 2007,

CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between Ukraine 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 Ukraine 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 Ukraine, of the other part, signed at Luxembourg on 14 June 1994 and entered into force on 1 March 1998, (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 10 April 1997, which entered into force on 12 October 2000, and the Protocol to the Agreement of 29 April 2004 that entered into force on 1 February 2006.

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 Ukraine 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 as from the date of its signature.

Article 5

1. The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it, and the Protocols to the Agreements of 10 April 1997 and 29 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 Agreements of 10 April 1997 and 29 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 Ukrainian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

小褗褋褌邪胁械薪芯 胁 袘褉褞泻褋械谢 薪邪 写胁邪写械褋械褌 懈 褋械写屑懈 屑邪褉褌 写胁械 褏懈谢褟写懈 懈 褋械写屑邪 谐芯写懈薪邪.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintisiete de marzo de dos mil siete.

V Bruselu dne dvac谩tého sedmého b艡ezna dva tis铆ce sedm.

Udf忙rdiget i Bruxelles den syvogtyvende marts to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Br眉ssel am siebenundzwanzigsten M盲rz zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta m盲rtsikuu kahek眉mne seitsmendal p盲eval Br眉sselis.

螆纬喂谓蔚 蟽蟿喂蟼 螔蟻蠀尉苇位位蔚蟼, 蟽蟿喂蟼 蔚委魏慰蟽喂 蔚蟺蟿维 螠伪蟻蟿委慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蔚蟺蟿维.

Done at Brussels on the twenty-seventh day of March in the year two thousand and seven.

Fait 脿 Bruxelles, le vingt-sept mars deux mille sept.

Fatto a Bruxelles, add矛 ventisette marzo duemilasette.

Brisel膿, divt奴ksto拧 sept墨t膩 gada divdesmit sept墨taj膩 mart膩.

Priimta du t奴kstan膷iai septint懦j懦 met懦 kovo dvide拧imt septint膮 dien膮 Briuselyje.

Kelt Br眉sszelben, a kett艖ezer-hatodik év m谩rcius hav谩nak huszonhetedik napj谩n.

Mag魔mul fi Brussel, fis- sebg魔a u g魔oxrin jum ta' Marzu tas-sena elfejn u sebg魔a.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zevenentwintigste maart tweeduizend zeven.

Sporz膮dzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego si贸dmego marca roku dwa tysi膮ce si贸dmego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e sete de Março de dois mil e sete.

Adoptat la Bruxelles, dou膬zeci 葯i cinci martie dou膬 mii 葯apte.

V Bruseli dvadsiateho siedmeho marca dvetis铆csedem.

V Bruslju, sedemindvajsetega marca leta dva tiso膷 sedem.

Tehty Brysseliss盲 kahdentenakymmenenten盲seitsem盲nten盲 p盲iv盲n盲 maaliskuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsem盲n.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugosjunde mars tjugohundrasju.

袟a 写褗褉卸a胁懈褌械-褔谢械薪泻懈

Por los Estados miembros

Za 膷lenské st谩ty

For medlemsstaterne

F眉r die Mitgliedstaaten

Liikmesriikide nimel

螕喂伪 蟿伪 泻蟻维蟿畏 渭苇位畏

For the Member States

Pour les 脡tats membres

Per gli Stati membri

Dal墨bvalstu v膩rd膩

Valstybi懦 nari懦 vardu

A tag谩llamok részér艖l

G魔all-Istati Membri

Voor de lidstaten

W imieniu pa艅stw cz艂onkowskich

Pelos Estados-Membros

Pentru statele membre

Za 膷lenské 拧t谩ty

Za dr啪ave 膷lanice

J盲senvaltioiden puolesta

P氓 medlemsstaternas v盲gnar

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袟a 螘胁褉o锌械泄褋泻邪褌邪 芯斜褖薪芯褋褌

Por las Comunidades Europeas

Za Evropsk谩 spole膷enstv铆

For De Europ忙iske F忙llesskaber

F眉r die Europ盲ischen Gemeinschaften

Euroopa 眉henduste nimel

螕喂伪 蟿喂蟼 螘蠀蟻蠅蟺伪蠆魏苇蟼 K慰喂谓蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼

For the European Communities

Pour les Communautés européennes

Per le Comunit脿 europee

Eiropas Kopienu v膩rd膩

Europos Bendrij懦 vardu

Az Eur贸pai K枚z枚sségek részér艖l

G魔all-Komunitajiet Ewropej

Voor de Europese Gemeenschappen

W imieniu Wsp蠈lnot Europejskich

Pelas Comunidades Europeias

Pentru Comunitatea European膩

Za Eur贸pske spolo膷enstv谩

Za Evropske skupnosti

Euroopan yhteis枚jen puolesta

P氓 Europeiska gemenskapernas v盲gnar

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3a Y泻褉邪懈邪

Por Ucrania

Za Ukrajinu

For Ukraine

F眉r die Ukraine

Ukraina nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏谓 袨蠀魏蟻伪委伪

For Ukraine

Pour l‘橴kraine

Per l‘橴craina

Ukrainas v膩rd膩

Ukrainos vardu

Ukrajna részér艖l

G魔all-Ukrajna

Voor Oekra蠆ne

W imieniu Ukrainy

Pela Ucr芒nia

Pentru Ucraina

Za Ukrajinu

Za Ukrajino

Ukrainan puolesta

P氓 Ukrainas v盲gnar

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