22007A0602(01)

Second Additional Protocol

to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, 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 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 "European Community Member States",

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as "the Community",

THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES,

hereinafter referred to as "Mexico",

and

THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

ROMANIA,

hereinafter referred to as "the New Member States",

WHEREAS the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Mexico, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", was signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997 and entered into force on 1 October 2000;

WHEREAS the first Additional Protocol to the Agreement was signed in Mexico City on 2 April 2004 and in Brussels on 29 April 2004;

WHEREAS the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (hereinafter referred to as "Treaty of Accession") was signed in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession attached to that Treaty of Accession, the incorporation of the New Member States to the Agreement is to be formalised by the conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement;

WHEREAS Article 55 of the Agreement states: "For the purposes of this Agreement, "the parties" shall mean, on the one hand, the Community or its Member States or the Community and its Member States, in accordance with their respective areas of competence, as derived from the Treaty establishing the European Community and, on the other hand, Mexico";

WHEREAS Article 56 of the Agreement states: "This Agreement shall apply to the territory in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied under the conditions laid down in that Treaty, on the one hand, and to the territory of the United Mexican States, on the other";

WHEREAS Article 59 of the Agreement states: "This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic";

WHEREAS the first Additional Protocol to the Agreement takes 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;

WHEREAS the Agreement was authenticated in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian language versions under the same conditions as the versions drawn up in the original languages of the Agreement;

WHEREAS the Community, in view of the date of accession of the New Member States to the European Union, may need to apply the provisions of this Protocol before having completed all internal procedures required for its entry into force;

WHEREAS Article 5(3) of this Protocol would allow for the Protocol to be applied provisionally by the Community and its Member States before they had completed their internal procedures required for its entry into force,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania are hereby incorporated as Parties to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part.

Article 2

Within six months of the initialling of this Protocol the Community shall communicate to the Member States and to Mexico the Bulgarian and Romanian language versions of the Agreement. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol the new language versions shall become authentic under the same conditions as the versions drawn up in the present languages of the Agreement.

Article 3

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

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, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 5

1. This Protocol shall be signed and approved by the Community, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States and by Mexico in accordance with their respective procedures.

2. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.

3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the Parties agree that, pending the completion of the internal procedures of the Community and its Member States for the entry into force of the Protocol, they shall apply the provisions of this Protocol for a maximum period of 12 months from the first day of the month following the date on which the Community and its Member States give notification of the completion of their procedures necessary for that purpose and Mexico gives notification of the completion of its procedures necessary for entry into force of the Protocol.

4. Notification shall be sent to the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union who shall be the depositary for the Agreement.

C褗褋褌邪胁械薪芯 胁 袘褉褞泻褋褋谢 薪邪 写胁邪谢械褋械褌 懈 锌褗褉胁懈 褎械胁褉褍邪褉懈 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 veintiuno de febrero del dos mil siete.

V Bruselu dne dvac谩tého prvn铆ho 煤nora dva t铆s铆ce sedm.

Udf忙rdiget i Bruxelles den enogtyvende februar to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Br眉ssel am einundzwanzigsten Februar zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande kuuenda aasta veebruarikuu kahek眉mne esimesel 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 渭委伪 桅蔚尾蟻慰蠀伪蟻委慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蔚蟺蟿维.

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

Fait 脿 Bruxelles, le vingt et un février deux mille sept.

Fatto a Bruxelles, add矛 ventuno febbraio duemilasette.

Brisel膿, divt奴ksto拧 sept墨t膩 gada divdesmit pirmaj膩 febru膩r墨.

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

Kelt Br眉sszelben, a kett艖ezer hetedik év febru谩r hav谩nak huszonegyedik napj谩n.

Maghmul fi Brussell, fil- wiehed u ghoxrin jum ta' Frar tas-sena elfejn u sebgha.

Gedaan te Brussel, de eenentwintigste februari tweeduizend zeven.

Sporz膮dzono w Brukseli dnia dwudziestego pierwszego lutego roku dwa tysi膮ce si贸dmego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e um de Fevereiro de dois mil e sete.

脦ntocmit la Bruxelles, dou膬zeci 葯i unu februarie dou膬 mii 葯apte.

V Bruseli dvadsiateho prvého febru谩ra dvetis铆csedem.

V Bruslju, enaindvajsetega februarja leta dva tiso膷 sedem.

Tehty Brysseliss盲 kahdentenakymmenenten盲ensimm盲isen盲 p盲iv盲n盲 helmikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsem盲n.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugof枚rsta februari tjugohundrasju.

袟邪 写褗褉卸邪胁懈褌械-褔谢械薪泻懈

袪芯谐 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

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 la Comunidad Europea

Za Evropské spole膷enstv铆

For Det Europ忙iske F忙llesskab

F眉r die Europ盲ische Gemeinschaft

Euroopa 脺henduse nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏谓 螘蠀蟻蠅蟺伪蠆魏萎 螝慰喂谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunit脿 europea

Eiropas Kopienas v膩rd膩

Europos bendrijos vardu

az Europai K枚z枚sség részér艖l

G魔all-Komunita Ewropea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

W imieniu Wsp贸lnoty Europejskiej

Pela Comunidade Europeia

Pentru Comunitatea European膬

Za Eur贸pske spolo膷enstvo

Za Evropsko skupnost

Euroopan yhteis枚n puolesta

P氓 Europeiska gemenskapens v盲gnar

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袟邪 小褗械写懈薪械薪懈褌械 屑械泻褋懈泻邪薪褋泻懈 褖邪褌懈

Por los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Za Spojene st谩ty mexické

For De Forenede Mexicanske Stater

F眉r die Vereinigten Mexikanischen Staaten

Mehhiko 脺hendriikide nimel

螕喂伪 蟿喂蟼 螚谓蠅渭苇谓蔚蟼 螤慰位喂蟿蔚委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏慰蠉

For the United Mexican States

Pour les 脡tats-Unis mexicains

Per gli Stati Uniti messicani

Meksikas Savienoto Valstu v膩rd膩

Meksikos Jungtini懦 Valstij懦 vardu

a Mexik贸i Egyes眉lt 脕llamok részér艖l

G魔all-Istati Uniti Messikani

Voor de Verenigde Mexicaanse Staten

W imieniu Meksyka艅skich Stan贸w Zjednoczonych

Pelos Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Pentru Statele Unite Mexicane

Za Spojené St谩ty mexické

Za Zdru啪ene dr啪ave Mehike

Meksikon yhdysvaltojen puolesta

F枚r Mexikos f枚renta stater

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