Protocol

to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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 "EC Member States" represented by the Council of the European Union, and

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community" represented by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission,

of the one part, and

THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, hereinafter referred to as "Egypt",

of the other part,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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 hereby become Contracting Parties to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, 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, Declarations and Exchanges of Letters.

Article 2

To take account of recent institutional developments within the European Union, the Parties agree that following 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.

CHAPTER I

AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OF THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ITS ANNEXES AND PROTOCOLS

Article 3

Agricultural products

Protocol 1 shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Protocol.

Article 4

Rules of Origin

Protocol 4 shall be amended as follows:

1. Article 18(4) shall be replaced by the following:

Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively must be endorsed with one of the following phrases:

ES"EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI"CS"VYSTAVENO DODATE膶N臍"DA"UDSTEDT EFTERF脴LGENDE"DE"NACHTR脛GLICH AUSGESTELLT"ET"V脛LJA ANTUD TAGASIULATUVALT"EL"螘螝螖螣螛螘螡 螘螝 韦惟螡 违危韦螘巍惟螡"EN"ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY"FR"D脡LIVR脡 A POSTERIORI"IT"RILASCIATO A POSTERIORI"LV"IZSNIEGTS RETROSPEKT莫VI"LT"RETROSPEKTYVUSIS I艩DAVIMAS"HU"KIADVA VISSZAMEN艕LEGES HAT脕LLYAL"MT"MA摩RU臓 RETROSPETTIVAMENT"NL"AFGEGEVEN A POSTERIORI"PL"WYSTAWIONE RETROSPEKTYWNIE"PT"EMITIDO A POSTERIORI"SL"IZDANO NAKNADNO"SK"VYDAN脡 DODATO膶NE"FI"ANNETTU J脛LKIK脛TEEN"SV"UTF脛RDAT I EFTERHAND"AR

2. Article 19(2) shall be replaced by the following:

The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with one of the following words:

ES"DUPLICADO"CS"DUPLIK脕T"DA"DUPLIKAT"DE"DUPLIKAT"ET"DUPLIKAAT"EL"螒螡韦螜螕巍螒桅螣"EN"DUPLICATE"FR"DUPLICATA"IT"DUPLICATO"LV"DUBLIK膧TS"LT"DUBLIKATAS"HU"M脕SODLAT"MT"DUPLIKAT"NL"DUPLICAAT"PL"DUPLIKAT"PT"SEGUNDA VIA"SL"DVOJNIK"SK"DUPLIK脕T"FI"KAKSOISKAPPALE"SV"DUPLIKAT"AR

3. Annex V shall be replaced by the following:

Spanish version

El exportador de los productos incluidos en el presente documento [autorizaci贸n aduanera no ‘�(1)] declara que, salvo indicaci贸n en sentido contrario, estos productos gozan de un origen preferencial ‘�(2).

Czech version

V媒vozce v媒robk暖 uveden媒ch v tomto dokumentu (膷铆slo povolen铆 ‘�(1)) prohla拧uje, 啪e krom臎 z艡eteln臎 ozna膷en媒ch, maj铆 tyto v媒robky preferen膷n铆 p暖vod v ‘�(2).

Danish version

Eksport酶ren af varer, der er omfattet af n忙rv忙rende dokument, (toldmyndighedernes tilladelse nr. ‘�(1)), erkl忙rer, at varerne, medmindre andet tydeligt er angivet, har pr忙ferenceoprindelse i ‘�(2).

German version

Der Ausf眉hrer (Erm盲chtigter Ausf眉hrer; Bewilligungs-Nr. ‘�(1)) der Waren, auf die sich dieses Handelspapier bezieht, erkl盲rt, dass diese Waren, soweit nicht anders angegeben, pr盲ferenzbeg眉nstigte ‘�(2) Ursprungswaren sind.

Estonian version

K盲esoleva dokumendiga h玫lmatud toodete eksportija (tolliameti kinnitus nr. ‘�(1)) deklareerib, et need tooted on ‘�(2) soodusp盲ritoluga, v盲lja arvatud juhul kui on selgelt n盲idatud teisiti.

Greek version

螣 蔚尉伪纬蠅纬苇伪蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻慰蠆蠈谓蟿蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 魏伪位蠉蟺蟿慰谓蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻蠈谓 苇纬纬蟻伪蠁慰 [维未蔚喂伪 蟿蔚位蠅谓蔚委慰蠀 蠀蟺' 伪蟻喂胃. ‘�(1)] 未畏位蠋谓蔚喂 蠈蟿喂, 蔚魏蟿蠈蟼 蔚维谓 未畏位蠋谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽伪蠁蠋蟼 维位位蠅蟼, 蟿伪 蟺蟻慰蠆蠈谓蟿伪 伪蠀蟿维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟿喂渭畏蟽喂伪魏萎蟼 魏伪蟿伪纬蠅纬萎蟼 ‘�(2).

English version

The exporter of the products covered by this document (customs authorisation No ‘�(1)) declares that, except where otherwise clearly indicated, these products are of ‘�(2) preferential origin.

French version

L'exportateur des produits couverts par le présent document [autorisation douanière no ‘�(1)] déclare que, sauf indication claire du contraire, ces produits ont l'origine préférentielle ‘�(2).

Italian version

L'esportatore delle merci contemplate nel presente documento [autorizzazione doganale n. ‘�(1)] dichiara che, salvo indicazione contraria, le merci sono di origine preferenziale ‘�(2).

Latvian version

Eksport膿t膩js produktiem, kuri ietverti 拧aj膩 dokument膩 [muitas pilnvara Nr. ‘�(1)], deklar膿, ka, iz艈emot tur, kur ir cit膩di skaidri noteikts, 拧iem produktiem ir priek拧roc墨bu izcelsme no ‘�(2).

Lithuanian version

艩iame dokumente i拧vardint懦 preki懦 eksportuotojas (muitin臈s liudijimo Nr ‘�(1)) deklaruoja, kad, jeigu kitaip nenurodyta, tai yra ‘�(2) preferencin臈s kilm臈s prek臈s.

Hungarian version

A jelen okm谩nyban szerepl艖 谩ruk export艖re (v谩mfelhatalmaz谩si sz谩m: ‘�(1)) kijelentem, hogy eltér艖 jelzés hi谩ny谩ban az 谩ruk kedvezményes ‘�(2) sz谩rmaz谩s煤ak.

Maltese version

L-esportatur tal-prodotti koperti b'dan id-dokument (awtorizzazzjoni tad-dwana nru. ‘�(1)) jiddikjara li, 魔lief fejn indikat b'mod 膵ar li mhux hekk, dawn il-prodotti huma ta' ori摹ini preferenzjali ‘�(2).

Dutch version

De exporteur van de goederen waarop dit document van toepassing is (douanevergunning nr. ‘�(1)), verklaart dat, behoudens uitdrukkelijke andersluidende vermelding, deze goederen van preferenti毛le ‘�oorsprong zijn (2).

Polish version

Eksporter produkt贸w obj臋tych tym dokumentem (upowa偶nienie w艂adz celnych nr ‘�(1)) deklaruje, 偶e z wyj膮tkiem gdzie jest to wyra藕nie okre艣lone, produkty te maj膮 ‘�(2) preferencyjne pochodzenie.

Portuguese version

O exportador dos produtos cobertos pelo presente documento [autorizaç茫o aduaneira n.o ‘�(1)], declara que, salvo expressamente indicado em contr谩rio, estes produtos s茫o de origem preferencial ‘�(2).

Slovenian version

Izvoznik blaga, zajetega s tem dokumentom (pooblastilo carinskih organov 拧t ‘�(1)) izjavlja, da, razen 膷e ni druga膷e jasno navedeno, ima to blago preferencialno ‘�(2) poreklo.

Slovak version

V媒vozca v媒robkov uveden媒ch v tomto dokumente (膷铆slo povolenia ‘�(1)) vyhlasuje, 啪e okrem zrete木ne ozna膷en媒ch, maj煤 tieto v媒robky preferen膷n媒 p么vod v ‘�(2).

Finnish version

T盲ss盲 asiakirjassa mainittujen tuotteiden viej盲 (tullin lupa N:o ‘�(1)) ilmoittaa, ett盲 n盲m盲 tuotteet ovat, ellei toisin ole selv盲sti merkitty, etuuskohteluun oikeutettuja ‘�alkuper盲tuotteita (2).

Swedish version

Export枚ren av de varor som omfattas av detta dokument (tullmyndighetens tillst氓nd nr. ‘�(1)) f枚rs盲krar att dessa varor, om inte annat tydligt markerats, har f枚rm氓nsber盲ttigande ‘�ursprung (2).

Arabic version

Article 5

Presidency of the Association Committee

Article 78(3) shall be replaced by the following:

"The Association Committee shall be chaired in turn by a representative of the the Commission of the European Communities and by a representative of the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt."

CHAPTER II

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 6

Proofs of origin and administrative cooperation

1. Proofs of origin properly issued by either Egypt or a new Member State under preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between them shall be accepted in the respective countries under this Protocol, provided that:

(a) the acquisition of such origin confers preferential tariff treatment on the basis of either the preferential tariff measures contained in the EU-Egypt Agreement or in the Community System of Generalised Preferences;

(b) the proof of origin and the transport documents were issued no later than the day before the date of accession;

(c) the proof of origin is submitted to the customs authorities within a period of four months from the date of accession.

Where goods were declared for importation in either Egypt or a new Member State, prior to the date of accession, under preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between Egypt and that new Member State at that time, proof of origin issued retrospectively under those agreements or arrangements may also be accepted provided that it is submitted to the customs authorities within a period of four months from the date of accession.

2. Egypt and the new Member States are authorised to retain the authorisations with which the status of "approved exporters" has been granted under preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between them, provided that:

(a) such a provision is also provided for in the agreement concluded prior to the date of accession between Egypt and the Community; and

(b) the approved exporter applies the rules of origin in force under that agreement.

These authorisations shall be replaced, no later than one year after the date of accession, by new authorisations issued under the conditions of the Agreement.

3. Requests for subsequent verification of proof of origin issued under the preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be accepted by the competent customs authorities of either Egypt or the new Member States for a period of three years after the issue of the proof of origin concerned and may be made by those authorities for a period of three years after acceptance of the proof of origin submitted to those authorities in support of an import declaration.

Article 7

Goods in transit

1. The provisions of the Agreement may be applied to goods exported from either Egypt to one of the new Member States or from one of the new Member States to Egypt, which comply with the provisions of Protocol 4 and which on the date of accession are either en route or in temporary storage, in a customs warehouse or in a free zone in Egypt or in that new Member State.

2. Preferential treatment may be granted in such cases, subject to the submission to the customs authorities of the importing country, within four months of the date of accession, of proof of origin issued retrospectively by the customs authorities of the exporting country.

GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 8

The Arab Republic of Egypt undertakes that it shall neither make any claim, request or referral nor modify or withdraw any concession pursuant to GATT 1994 Articles XXIV.6 and XXVIII in relation to this enlargement of the Community.

Article 9

For the year 2004, the volumes of the new tariff quotas and the increases in the volumes of existing tariff quotas shall be calculated as a pro rata of the basic volumes, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before the date of application of this protocol.

Article 10

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement. The Annexes and declaration to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.

Article 11

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 Arab Republic of Egypt in accordance with their own procedures.

2. The Parties shall notify each other of the accomplishment of the corresponding procedures referred to in paragraph 1. The instruments of approval shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

Article 12

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. This Protocol shall apply provisionally as from 1 May 2004.

Article 13

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in each of the official languages of the Contracting Parties, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 14

The text of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, including the Annexes and Protocols forming an integral part thereof, and the Final Act together with the declarations annexed thereto shall be drawn up in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian languages and these texts shall be authentic in the same way as the original texts. The Association Council shall approve these texts.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veinte de diciembre de dos mil cuatro.

V Bruselu dne dvac谩tého prosince dva tis铆ce 膷ty艡i.

Udf忙rdiget i Bruxelles, den tyvende december to tusind og fire.

Geschehen zu Br眉ssel am zwanzigsten Dezember zweitausendundvier.

Kahe tuhande neljanda aasta detsembrikuu kahek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 蔚委魏慰蟽喂 螖蔚魏蔚渭尾蟻委慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蟿苇蟽蟽蔚蟻伪.

Done at Brussels on the twentieth day of December in the year two thousand and four.

Fait 脿 Bruxelles, le vingt décembre deux mille quatre.

Fatto a Bruxelles, add矛 venti dicembre duemilaquattro.

Brisel膿, divi t奴ksto拧i ceturt膩 gada divdesmitaj膩 decembr墨.

Priimta du t奴kstan膷iai ketvirt懦 met懦 gruod啪io dvide拧imt膮 dien膮 Briuselyje.

Kelt Br眉sszelben, a kett艖ezer negyedik év december huszadik napj谩n.

Mag魔mula fi Brussel fl-g魔oxrin 摹urnata ta' Di膵embru tas-sena elfejn u erbg魔a.

Gedaan te Brussel, de twintigste december tweeduizendvier.

Sporz膮dzono w Brukseli dnia dwudziestego grudnia roku dwutysi臋cznego czwartego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte de Dezembro de dois mil e quatro.

V Bruseli dvadsiateho decembra dvetis铆c拧tyri.

V Bruslju, dvajsetega decembra leta dva tiso膷 拧tiri.

Tehty Brysseliss盲 kahdentenakymmenenten盲 p盲iv盲n盲 joulukuuta vuonna kaksituhattanelj盲.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugonde december tjugohundrafyra.

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 részér艖l

G魔all-Istati Membri

Voor de lidstaten

W imieniu Pa艅stw Cz艂onkowskich

Pelos Estados-Membros

Za 膷lenské 拧t谩ty

Za dr啪ave 膷lanice

J盲senvaltioiden puolesta

P氓 medlemsstaternas v盲gnar

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ische 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

Za Eur贸pske spolo膷enstv谩

Za Evropske skupnosti

Euroopan yhteis枚jen puolesta

P氓 europeiska gemenskapernas v盲gnar

Por la Rep煤blica Arabe de Egipto

Za Egyptskou arabskou republiku

For Den Arabiske Republik Egypten

F眉r die Arabische Republik 脛gypten

Egiptuse Araabia Vabariigi nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏谓 螒蟻伪尾喂魏萎 螖畏渭慰魏蟻伪蟿委伪 蟿畏蟼 螒喂纬蠉蟺蟿慰蠀

For the Arab Republik of Egypt

Pour la République arabe d'脡gypte

Per la Repubblica araba di Egitto

E臒iptes Ar膩bu Republikas v膩rd膩

Egipto Arab懦 Respublikos vardu

Az Egyiptomi Arab K枚zt谩rsas谩g részér艖l

G魔ar-Repubblika G魔arbija ta' l-E摹ittu

Voor de Arabische Republiek Egypte

W imieniu Arabskiej Republiki Egiptu

Pela Rep煤blica 脕rabe do Egipto

Za Egyptsk煤 arabsk煤 republiku

Za Arabsko republiko Egipt

Egyptin arabitasavallan puolesta

P氓 Arabrepubliken Egyptens v盲gnar

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