22007A0803(01)

20070417

Protocol

to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, 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

THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,

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 in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 and will enter into force on 1 January 2007,

CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between the Republic of Moldova 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 Republic of Moldova 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 Moldova, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 28 November 1994 and entered into force on 1 July 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.

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 Moldova 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 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, 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 Moldovan 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 褋械写械屑薪邪写械褋械褌懈 邪锌褉懈谢 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 diecisiete de abril de dos mil siete.

V Bruselu dne sedmn谩ctého dubna dva tis铆ce sedm.

Udf忙rdiget i Bruxelles den syttende april to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Br眉ssel am siebzehnten April zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta aprillikuu seitsmeteistk眉mnendal 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 未苇魏伪 蔚蟺蟿维 螒蟺蟻喂位委慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蔚蟺蟿维.

Done at Brussels on the seventeenth day of April in the year two thousand and seven.

Fait 脿 Bruxelles, le dix-sept avril deux mille sept.

Fatto a Bruxelles, add矛 diciassette aprile duemilasette.

Brisel膿, divi t奴ksto拧i sept墨t膩 gada septi艈padsmitaj膩 apr墨l墨.

Priimta du t奴kstan膷iai septint懦j懦 met懦 baland啪io septyniolikt膮 dien膮 Briuselyje.

Kelt Br眉sszelben, a kett艖ezer-hetedik év 谩prilis hav谩nak tizenhetedik napj谩n.

Mag魔mul fi Brussell, fis- sbatax jum ta' April tas-sena elfejn sebg魔a.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zeventiende april tweeduizend zeven.

Sporz膮dzono w Brukseli dnia siedemnastego kwietnia dwa tysi膮ce si贸dmego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em dezassete de Abril de dois mil e sete.

脦ncheiat la Bruxelles la 葯aptesprezece aprilie, anul dou膬 mii 葯apte.

V Bruseli d艌a sedemn谩steho apr铆la dvetis铆csedem.

V Bruslju, sedemnajstega aprila leta dva tiso膷 sedem.

Tehty Brysseliss盲 seitsem盲nten盲toista p盲iv盲n盲 huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsem盲n.

Som skedde i Bryssel den sjuttonde april tjugohundrasju.

袟邪 袛褗褉卸邪胁懈褌械-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 魏蟻维蟿畏 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 r臈szér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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袟邪 袝胁褉芯锌械泄褋泻懈褌械 芯斜褖薪芯褋褌懈

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 螝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贸lnot Europejskich

Pelas Comunidades Europeias

Pentru Comunitatea European膬

Za Eur贸pske spolo膷enstv谩

Za Evropski skupnosti

Euroopan yhteis枚jen puolesta

P氓 Europeiska gemenskapernas v盲gnar

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袟邪 袪械锌褍斜谢懈泻邪 袦慰谢写慰胁邪

Por la Rep煤blica de Moldavia

Za Moldavskou republiku

For Republikken Moldova

F眉r die Republik Moldau

Moldova Vabariigi nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏 螖畏渭慰魏蟻伪蟿委伪 蟿畏蟼 螠慰位未伪尾委伪蟼

For the Republic of Moldova

Pour la République de Moldova

Per la Repubblica moldova

Moldovas Republikas v膩rd膩

Moldovas Respublikos vardu

A Moldovai K枚zt谩rsas谩g részér艖l

G魔ar-Repubblika tal-Moldova

Voor de Republiek Moldavi毛

W imieniu Republiki Mo艂dowy

Pela Rep煤blica da Mold谩via

Pentru Republica Moldova

Za Moldavsk煤 republiku

Za Republiko Moldavijo

Moldovan tasavallan puolesta

P氓 Republiken Moldaviens v盲gnar

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