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

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.

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褟 写械薪 芯褌 屑. 屑邪泄 写胁械 褏懈谢褟写懈 懈 芯褋屑邪 谐芯写懈薪邪.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veinte de mayo de dos mil ocho.

V Bruselu dne dvac谩tého kv臎tna dva tis铆ce osm.

Udf忙rdiget i Bruxelles den tyvende maj to tusind og otte.

Geschehen zu Br眉ssel am zwanzigsten Mai zweitausendacht.

Kahe tuhande kaheksanda aasta maikuu kahek眉mnendal p盲eval Br眉sselis.

'螘纬喂谓蔚 蟽蟿喂蟼 螔蟻蠀尉苇位位蔚蟼, 蟽蟿喂蟼 蔚委魏慰蟽喂 螠伪螑慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 慰魏蟿蠋.

Done at Brussels on the twentieth day of May in the year two thousand and eight.

Fait 脿 Bruxelles, le vingt mai deux mille huit.

Fatto a Bruxelles, add矛 venti maggio duemilaotto.

Brisel膿, divt奴ksto拧 astot膩 gada divdesmitaj膩 maij膩.

Priimta du t奴kstan膷iai a拧tunt懦 met懦 gegu啪臈s dvide拧imt膮 dien膮 Briuselyje.

Kelt Br眉sszelben, a kétezer-nyolcadik év m谩jus huszadik napj谩n.

Mag魔mul fi Brussell, fl- g魔oxrin jum ta‘�Mejju tas-sena elfejn u tmienja.

Gedaan te Brussel, de twintigste mei tweeduizend acht.

Sporz膮dzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego maja roku dwa tysi膮ce 贸smego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte de Maio de dois mil e oito.

脦ncheiat la Bruxelles, la dou膬zeci mai dou膬 mii opt.

V Bruseli dvadsiateho m谩ja dvetis铆cosem.

V Bruslju, dne dvajsetega maja leta dva tiso膷 osem.

Tehty Brysseliss盲 kahdentenakymmenenten盲 p盲iv盲n盲 toukokuuta vuonna kaksituhattakahdeksan.

Utf盲rdat i Bryssel den tjugonde maj tjugohundra氓tta.

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袟邪 写褜褉卸邪胁懈褌械-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valstu 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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袟邪 袝胁褉芯锌械泄褋泻邪褌邪 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 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 Europen膬

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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袟邪 袪械锌褍斜谢懈泻邪 校蟹斜械泻懈褋褌邪薪

Por la Rep煤blica de Uzbekist谩n

Za Uzbeckou republiku

For Republikken Usbekistan

F眉r die Republik Usbekistan

Usbekistani Vabariigi nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏 螖畏渭慰魏蟻伪蟿委伪 蟿慰蠀 螣蠀味渭蟺蔚魏喂蟽蟿维谓

For the Republic of Uzbekistan

Pour la République d‘橭uzbékistan

Per la Repubblica dell‘橴zbekistan

Uzbekist膩nas Republikas v膩rd膩

Uzbekistano Respublikos vardu

Az 脺zbég K枚zt谩rsas谩g részér艖l

G魔ar-Repubblika ta' l-U偶bekistan

Voor de Republiek Oezbekistan

W imieniu Republiki Uzbekistanu

Pela Rep煤blica do Usbequist茫o

Pentru Republica Uzbekistan

Za Uzbeck煤 republiku

Za Republiko Uzbekistan

Uzbekistanin tasavallan puolesta

P氓 Republiken Uzbekistans v盲gnar

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