22006A0706(05)

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 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 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,

HAVING REGARD TO the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May 2004,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia 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 at Corfu on 24 June 1994 (hereinafter the Agreement) 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, Exchanges of Letters, and Declaration by the Russian Federation 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 12 October 2000.

Article 2

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

Article 3

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

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 accomplishment 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 5

1. This Protocol shall enter into force on 1 May 2004 provided that all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before that date.

2. If not all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before that date, 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.

3. If not all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before 1 May 2004, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from 1 May 2004.

Article 6

The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it as well as the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of 21 May 1997 are drawn up in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovene and Slovak languages.

They are annexed to this Protocol [1] 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 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of 21 May 1997 are drawn up.

Article 7

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovene, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Russian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Hecho en Luxemburgo, el veintisiete de abril de dos mil cuatro.

V Lucemburku dne dvac谩tého sedmého dubna dva tis铆ce 膷ty艡i.

Udf忙rdiget i Luxembourg den syvogtyvende april to tusind og fire.

Geschehen zu Luxemburg am siebenundzwanzigsten April zweitausendundvier.

Kahe tuhande neljanda aasta kahek眉mne seitsmendal aprillil Luxembourgis.

螆纬喂谓蔚 蟽蟿o 螞慰蠀尉蔚渭尾慰蠉蟻纬慰, 蟽蟿喂蟼 蔚委魏慰蟽喂 蔚蟺蟿维 螒蟺蟻喂位委慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蟿苇蟽蟽蔚蟻伪.

Done at Luxembourg on the twenty‘恠eventh day of April in the year two thousand and four.

Fait 脿 Luxembourg, le vingt‘恠ept avril deux mille quatre.

Fatto a Lussemburgo, add矛 ventisette aprile duemilaquattro.

Luksemburg膩, divi t奴ksto拧i ceturt膩 gada divdesmit sept墨taj膩 apr墨l墨.

Priimta du t奴kstan膷iai ketvirt懦 met懦 baland啪io dvide拧imt septint膮 dien膮 Liuksemburge.

Kelt Luxembourgban, a kétezer-negyedik év 谩prilis hav谩nak huszonhetedik napj谩n.

Mag魔mul fil-Lussemburgu fis-sebg魔a u g魔oxrin jum ta' April tas-sena elfejn u erbg魔a.

Gedaan te Luxemburg, de zevenentwintigste april tweeduizend vier.

Sporz膮dzono w Luksemburgu, dnia dwudziestego si贸dmego kwietnia roku dwa tysi膮ce czwartego.

Feito no Luxemburgo, em vinte e sete de Abril de dois mil e quatro.

V Luxemburgu dvadsiateho siedmeho apr铆la dvetis铆c拧tyri.

V Luxembourgu, dne sedemindvajsetega aprila leta dva tiso膷 拧tiri.

Tehty Luxemburgissa kahdentenakymmenenten盲seitsem盲nten盲 p盲iv盲n盲 huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattanelj盲.

Som skedde i Luxemburg den tjugosjunde april tjugohundrafyra.

小芯胁械褉褕械薪薪芯 胁 袥褞泻褋械屑斜褍褉谐械 写胁邪褑邪褌懈 褋械写褜屑芯谐芯 邪锌褉械谢褟 2004 谐.

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

袗褗蟹芯 袛邪胁谢邪褌谢邪褉 袧芯屑懈写邪薪

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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

Za Eur贸pske spolo膷enstv谩

Za Evropske skupnosti

Euroopan yhteis枚jen puolesta

P氓 europeiska gemenskapernas v盲gnar

袝胁褉芯锌邪 X邪屑卸邪屑懈褟褌谢邪褉懈 袧芯屑懈写邪薪

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Por la Federaci贸n de Rusia

Za Ruskou federaci

For Den Russiske F酶deration

F眉r die Russische F枚deration

Venemaa F枚deratsiooni nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏 巍蠅蟽喂魏萎 螣渭慰蟽蟺慰谓未委伪

For the Russian Federation

Pour la Fédération de Russie

Per la Federazione russa

Krievijas Feder膩cijas v膩rd膩

Rusijos Federacijos vardu

Az Orosz F枚der谩ci贸 részér艖l

G魔all-Federazzjoni Russa

Voor de Russische Federatie

W imieniu Federacji Rosyjskiej

Pela Federaç茫o da R煤ssia

Za Rusk煤 feder谩ciu

Za Rusko federacijo

Ven盲j盲n federaation puolesta

P氓 ryska federationen v盲gnar

袔蟹斜械泻懈褋褌芯薪 袪械褋锌褍斜谢懈泻邪褋懈 袧芯屑懈写邪薪

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[1] The Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian versions of the Agreement shall be published in a special edition of the Official Journal at a later date.

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