22005A0617(02)

Additional Protocol

to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, 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,

Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, hereinafter referred to as "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 Community" represented by the Council of the European Union and the Commission of the European Communities,

of the one part, and

ROMANIA,

of the other part,

HAVING REGARD TO 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 and thereby to the Community on 1 May 2004;

HAVING REGARD TO the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as the Europe Agreement), which was signed in Brussels on 1 February 1993 and entered into force on 1 February 1995;

HAVING REGARD TO the Treaty concerning 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 (hereinafter referred to as the Treaty of Accession), signed in Athens on 16 April 2003 and entered into force on 1 May 2004;

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION I

CONTRACTING PARTIES

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 (hereinafter referred to as "the new Member States") shall be Parties to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 1 February 1993 and entered into force on 1 February 1995 (hereinafter referred to as "the Europe 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 Europe Agreement, as well as of the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters, the Joint Declarations, and the Unilateral Declarations annexed to the Final Act signed on the same date.

EXPIRY OF THE ECSC TREATY

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 (ECSC), existing provisions in the Europe 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.

SECTION II

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Article 3

Basic agricultural products

The arrangements for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Romania as set out in Annexes A(a) and A(b) and the arrangements for import into Romania applicable to certain agricultural products originating in the Community, as set out in Annexes B(a) and B(b) to this Protocol, shall replace those set out in the Europe Agreement, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions [1].

SECTION III

RULES OF ORIGIN

Article 4

Protocol 4 [2], referred to in Article 35 (Rules of Origin), shall be amended as follows:

1. Article 3(1) shall be replaced by the following:

"1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2(1), products shall be considered as originating in the Community if such products are obtained there, incorporating materials originating in Romania, Switzerland (including Liechtenstein) (1), Iceland, Norway, Bulgaria, Turkey (2), or in the Community in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on rules of origin annexed to the Agreements between the Community and each of these countries, provided that the working or processing carried out in the Community goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 7. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing.";

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

"1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2(2), products shall be considered as originating in Romania if such products are obtained there, incorporating materials originating in Romania, Switzerland (including Liechtenstein) (3), Iceland, Norway, Bulgaria, Turkey (4), or in the Community in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on rules of origin annexed to the Agreements between Romania and each of these countries, provided that the working or processing carried out in Romania goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 7. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing.";

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

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

ES "EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI"

CZ "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 "I艩DUOTAS ATGALINE DATA"

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 DODATOCNE"

FI "ANNETTU J脛LKIK脛TEEN"

SV "UTF脛RDAT I EFTERHAND"

RO "EMIS A POSTERIORI"".

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

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

ES "DUPLICADO"

CZ "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"

RO "DUPLICAT"".

5. Annex IV shall be replaced by the following:

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"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 (Maksu-ja 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 authorization 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, iznemot 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 (muitinès liudijimo Nr ‘�(1)) deklaruoja, kad, jeigu kitaip nenurodyta, tai yra‘�(2) preferencinès kilmés prekés.

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 hiany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... (2) oorsprong zijn .

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 no... (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... (2) alkuper盲tuotteita .

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).

Romanian version

Exportatorul produselor ce fac obiectul acestui document (autoriza牛ia vamal膩 nr. ‘�(1)) declar膩 c膩, except芒nd cazul 卯n care 卯n mod expres este indicat altfel, aceste produse sunt de origine preferen牛ial膩 ‘�(2)."

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SECTION IV

ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION

Article 5

The text of Article 86 on monetary policy shall be replaced with the following:

SECTION V

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 6

Proof of origin and administrative cooperation [3]

1. Proofs of origin properly issued by either Romania or a new Member State in the framework of preferential agreements applied between them shall be accepted in the respective countries provided that:

(a) the acquisition of such origin confers preferential tariff treatment on the basis of the preferential tariff measures contained in the Europe Agreement;

(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 the period of four months from the date of accession.

Where goods were declared for importation in either Romania or a new Member State, prior to the date of accession, under preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between Romania 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 the period of four months from the date of accession.

2. Romania and the new Member States are authorised to retain the authorisations with which the status of "approved exporters" has been granted in the framework of 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 Romania and the Community; and

(b) the approved exporter apply 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 Europe 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 above shall be accepted by the competent customs authorities of either Romania or the 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 en route or in temporary storage

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

2. Preferential treatment shall 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 a proof of origin issued retrospectively by the customs authorities of the exporting country.

SECTION VI

GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 8

This Protocol and the Annexes thereto shall form an integral part of the Europe Agreement.

Article 9

1. This Protocol shall be approved by the Community, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States, and by Romania 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 10

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of the deposit of the last notification of the approval by the Contracting Parties.

Article 11

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, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, and Swedish languages and the Romanian language, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 12

The text of the Europe 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 Slovene 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 cuatro de mayo del dos mil cinco.

V Bruselu dne 膷tvrtého kv臎tna dva tis铆ce p臎t.

Udf忙rdiget i Bruxelles den fjerde maj to tusind og fire.

Geschehen zu Br眉ssel am vierten Mai zweitausendf眉nf.

Kahe tuhande viienda aasta maikuu neljandal 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 蟿苇蟽蟽蔚蟻喂蟼 螠伪螑慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蟺苇谓蟿蔚.

Done at Brussels on the fourth day of May in the year two thousand and five.

Fait 脿 Bruxelles, le quatre mai deux mille cinq.

Fatto a Bruxelles, add矛 quattro maggio duemilacinque.

Brisel膿, divt奴ksto拧 piekt膩 gada ceturtaj膩 maij膩.

Priimta du t奴kstan膷iai penkt懦 met懦 gegu啪臈s ketvirt膮 dien膮 Briuselyje.

Kelt Br眉sszelben, a kett艖ezer 枚t枚dik év m谩jus negyedik napj谩n.

Mag魔mul fi Brussel, fl-erbg魔a jum ta' Mejju tas-sena elfejn u 魔amsa.

Gedaan te Brussel, de vierde mei tweeduizend vijf.

Sporz膮dzono w Brukseli dnia czwartego maja roku dwutysi臋cznego pi膮tego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em quatro de Maio de dois mil e cinco.

V Bruslju, 膷etrtega maja leta dva tiso膷 pet.

V Bruseli d艌a 拧tvrtého m谩ja dvetis铆cp盲钮.

Tehty Brysseliss盲 nelj盲nten盲 p盲iv盲n盲 toukokuuta vuonna kaksituhattaviisi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den fj盲rde maj tjugohundrafem.

脦ncheiat la Bruxelles, 卯n ziua de patru mai, anul dou膬 mii cinci.

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

Pentru Statele Membre

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

Pentru Comunit膬牛ile Europene

Por Ruman铆a

Za Rumunsko

For Rum忙nien

F眉r Rum盲nien

Rumeenia nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏 巍慰蠀渭伪谓委伪

For Romania

Pour la Roumanie

Per la Romania

Rum膩nijas v膩rd膩

Rumunijos vardu

Rom谩nia részér艖l

G魔ar-Rumanija

Voor Roemeni毛

W imieniu Rumunii

Pela Roménia

Za Rumunsko

Za Romunijo

Romanian puolesta

F枚r Rum盲nien

Pentru Rom芒nia

[1] OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 22.

[2] Protocol 4 of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part (OJ L 357, 31.12.1994, p. 2), as last amended by Decision No 2/2001 of the EU-Romania Association Council of 25 September 2003.

[3] Referred to in the Act of Accession, Annex IV(5), paragraphs 3 to 5.

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