22008A1008(01)

Protocol

to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, 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 REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN,

of the other part,

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

HAVING REGARD TO the provisions of the Treaty between 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 and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, which was signed in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 and is applied from 1 January 2007,

CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the European Union arising from the accession to the EU of two new Member States, which opens opportunities and brings about challenges for the cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan 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 PCA,

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 Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 23 January 1995 and entered into force on 1 July 1999 (hereinafter the Agreement) and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner, as the other Member States, of the texts of the Agreement, as well as of the Joint Declarations, Exchanges of Letters, and Declaration by the Republic of Kazakhstan annexed to the Final Act signed on the same date and the Protocol to the Agreement of 30 April 2004, which entered into force on 1 June 2006.

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 Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with their own procedures.

2. The Parties shall notify each other of the completion 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 4

1. 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.

2. Pending the date of its entry into force, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from 1 January 2007.

Article 5

1. The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it, as well as the Protocol to the Agreement of 30 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, as well as the Protocol to the Agreement of 30 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, Slovene, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Kazakh languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

小褗褋褌邪胁械薪芯 胁 袘褉褞泻褋械谢 薪邪 褕械褋褌薪邪写械褋械褌懈 ce锌褌e屑胁褉懈 写胁械 褏懈谢褟写懈 懈 芯褋屑邪 谐芯写懈薪邪.

Hecho en Bruselas, el dieciseis de septiembre de dos mil ocho.

V Bruselu dne 拧estn谩ctého z谩艡铆 dva tis铆ce osm.

Udf忙rdiget i Bruxelles den sekstende september to tusind og otte.

Geschehen zu Br眉ssel am sechzehnten September zweitausendacht.

Kahe tuhande kaheksanda aasta septembrikuu kuueteistk眉mnendal 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 未苇魏伪 苇尉喂 危蔚蟺蟿蔚渭尾蟻委慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 慰魏蟿蠋.

Done at Brussels on the sixteenth day of September in the year two thousand and eight.

Fait 脿 Bruxelles, le seize septembre deux mille huit.

Fatto a Bruxelles, add矛 sedici settembre duemilaotto.

Brisel膿, divt奴ksto拧 astot膩 gada se拧padsmitaj膩 septembr墨.

Priimta du t奴kstan膷iai a拧tunt懦 met懦 rugs臈jo 拧e拧iolikt膮 dien膮 Briuselyje.

Kelt Br眉sszelben, a kétezer-nyolcadik év szeptember hav谩nak tizenhatodik napj谩n.

Mag魔mul fi Brussell, fis- sittax-il jum ta‘�Settembru tas-sena elfejn u tmienja.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zestiende september tweeduizend acht.

Sporz膮dzono w Brukseli dnia szesnastego wrze艣nia roku dwa tysi膮ce 贸smego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em dezasseis de Setembro de dois mil e oito.

脦ntocmit la Bruxelles, la 葯aisprezece septembrie dou膬 mii opt.

V Bruseli 拧estn谩steho septembra dvetis铆cosem.

V Bruslju, dne 拧estnajstega septembra leta dva tiso膷 osem.

Tehty Brysseliss盲 kuudentenatoista p盲iv盲n盲 syyskuuta vuonna kaksituhattakahdeksan.

Som skedde i Bryssel den sextonde september tjugohundra氓tta.

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小芯胁械褉褕械薪芯 胁 谐芯褉芯写械 袘褉褞褋褋械谢械 褕械褋褌薪邪写褑邪褌芯谐芯 褋械薪褌褟斜褉褟 写胁械 褌褘褋褟褔懈 懈 胁芯褋褜屑芯谐芯 谐芯写邪.

袟邪 写褜褉卸邪胁懈褌械-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valstu 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 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 Comunidades Europeias

Pentru Comunitatea Europen膬

Za Eur贸pske spolo膷enstv谩

Za Evropske skupnosti

Euroopan yhteis枚jen puolesta

P氓 Europeiska gemenskapernas v盲gnar

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袟邪 袝胁褉芯锌械泄褋泻懈械 小芯芯斜褖械褋褌胁邪

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袟邪 袪械锌褍斜谢懈泻邪 袣邪蟹邪褏褋褌邪薪

Por la Rep煤blica de Kazajst谩n

Za Kaza拧skou republiku

For Republikken Kasachstan

F眉r die Republik Kasachstan

Kasahstani Vabariigi nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏 螖畏渭慰魏蟻伪蟿委伪 蟿慰蠀 螝伪味伪魏蟽蟿维谓

For the Republic of Kazakhstan

Pour la République du Kazakhstan

Per la Repubblica del Kazakistan

Kazahst膩nas Republikas v膩rd膩

Kazachstano Respublikos vardu

A Kazah K枚zt谩rsas谩g részér艖l

G魔ar-Repubblika tal-Ka偶akstan

Voor de Republiek Kazachstan

W imieniu Republiki Kazachstanu

Pela Rep煤blica do Cazaquist茫o

Pentru Republica Kazahstan

Za Kaza拧sk煤 republiku

Za Republiko Kazahstan

Kazakstanin tasavallan puolesta

P氓 Republiken Kazakstans v盲gnar

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袟a 袪械锌褍斜谢懈泻邪 袣邪蟹邪褏褋褌邪薪

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