22007A0509(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 Russian Federation, 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,

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 RUSSIAN FEDERATION,

of the other part,

hereinafter referred to as "the Parties" for the purposes of this Protocol,

HAVING REGARD TO the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, on 1 January 2007,

CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between the Russian Federation 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 Russian Federation 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 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,

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 Russian Federation, of the other part, signed in Corfu on 24 June 1994 and entered into force on 1 December 1997, (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 21 May 1997, that entered into force on 1 December 2000, and the Protocol to the Agreement of 27 April 2004 that entered into force on 1 March 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 Russian Federation 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 deposit of the last instrument of approval.

2. Pending the date of its entry into force, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from its date of signature.

Article 5

1. The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it, and the Protocols to the Agreement of 21 May 1997 and 27 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 Agreement of 21 May 1997 and 27 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 Russian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

小褗褋褌邪胁械薪芯 胁 袥褞泻褋械屑斜褍褉谐 薪邪 写胁邪写械褋械褌 懈 褌褉械褌懈 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 Luxemburgo, el veintitrés de abril de dos mil siete.

V Lucemburku dne dvac谩tého t艡et铆ho dubna dva tis铆ce sedm.

Udf忙rdiget i Luxembourg den treogtyvende april to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Luxemburg am dreiundzwanzigsten April zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta aprillikuu kahek眉mne kolmandal p盲eval Luxembourgis.

螆纬喂谓蔚 蟽蟿慰 螞慰蠀尉蔚渭尾慰蠉蟻纬慰, 蟽蟿喂蟼 蔚委魏慰蟽喂 蟿蟻蔚喂蟼 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 Luxembourg on the twenty-third day of April in the year two thousand and seven.

Fait 脿 Luxembourg, le vingt-trois avril deux mille sept.

Fatto a Lussemburgo, add矛 ventitré aprile duemilasette.

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

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

Kelt Luxembourgban, a kett艖ezer hetedik év 谩prilis hav谩nak huszonharmadik napj谩n.

Mag魔mul fil-Lussemburgu, fit- tlieta u g魔oxrin jum ta' April tas-sena elfejn u sebg魔a

Gedaan te Luxemburg, de drie毛ntwintigste april tweeduizend zeven.

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

Feito no Luxemburgo, em vinte e tr锚s de Abril de dois mil e sete.

脦ncheiat la Luxemburg la dou膬zeci 葯i trei aprilie, anul dou膬 mii 葯apte.

V Luxemburgu d艌a dvadsiateho tretieho apr铆la dvetis铆ssedem.

V Luxembourgu, triindvajsetega aprila leta dva tiso膷 sedem.

Tehty Luxemburgissa kahdentenakymmenenten盲kolmantena p盲iv盲n盲 huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsem盲n.

Som skedde i Luxemburg den tjugotredje april tjugohundrasju.

小芯胁械褉褕械薪芯 胁 袥褞泻褋械屑斜褍褉谐械 写胁邪写褑邪褌褜 褌褉械褌褜械谐芯 邪锌褉械谢褟 写胁械 褌褘褋褟褔懈 褋械写褜屑芯谐芯 谐芯写邪.

袟邪 写褗褉卸邪胁懈褌械-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 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

袟邪 谐芯褋褍写邪褉褋褌胁邪-褔谢械薪褘

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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 Communidades Europeias

Pentru Comunitatea European膬

Za Eur贸pske spolo膷enstv谩

Za Evropske skupnosti

Euroopan yhteis枚jen puolesta

P氓 europeiska gemenskapernas v盲gnar

袟邪 袝胁褉芯锌械泄褋泻懈械 褋芯芯斜褖械褋褌胁邪

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袟邪 袪褍褋泻邪褌邪 肖械写械褉邪褑懈褟

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

Pentru Federa葲ia Rus膬

Za Rusk煤 feder谩ciu

Za Rusko federacijo

Ven盲j盲n federaation puolesta

F枚r Ryska Federationen

袟邪 袪芯褋褋懈泄褋泻褍褞 肖械写械褉邪褑懈褞

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