prop · GG03225 · 1992-12-31 00:00:00 — Efter den dagen träderdetta protokoll i kraft den dag träder i kraft eller när allaratifikationsinstrument beträffande övervakningsavtalet och detta protokoll hardeponerats av alla de avtalsslutande parter som avses i artikel 1.1 i dettaprotokoll, beroende på vilken dag som inträffar senast. 4.Såvitt avserLiechtenstein träder detta protokoll i kraft som träder ikraft beträffande , under förutsättning att hardeponerat sina ratifikationsinstrument beträffande övervakningsavtalet ochdetta protokoll och på de villkor som anges i artikel 1.2 i detta protokoll. TILL BEVIS HÄRPÅ har undertecknade befullmäktigadeundertecknat detta protokoll. SOM SKEDDE i den sjuttonde marsnittonhundranittiotre. ÖVERENSKOMMEN PROTOKOLLSANTECKNING Prop.1992/93:225 Signatärema har enats om följande: ° Vad gäller termerna "EFTA-dimension" och"EFTA-företagEFTA" till de EFTA-staterbeträffande vilka avtalet mellan EFTA-statema om upprättande av en övervakningsmyndighetoch en domstol har trätt i kraft. THE EFTASTATES ON THE 1992/93:225 Bilaga 2 THE REPUBLIC OF , THE REPUBLIC OF , WHEREAS the Agreement on Economic Area,hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement, was signed in on 2 May1992; WHEREAS the Agreement between the EFTA States on theEstablishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of , hereinafterreferred to as the Surveillance and Court Agreement, was signed in on 2May 1992; WHEREAS it has become clear that one of the Signatories tothe EEA Agreement, the Swiss Confederation, is not in a position to ratify theEEA Agreement or the Surveillance and Court Agreement and that therefore thoseAgreements will not apply to ; WHEREAS a Protocol Adjusting the EEA Agreement is signedon the same day as this Protocol; WHEREAS a new date for the entry into force of theSurveillance and Court Agreement has to be laid down; WHEREAS special provisions are required for the entry intoforce of the Surveillance and Court Agreement as regards the Principality ofLiechtenstein; WHEREAS a number of adjustments to the Surveillance andCourt Agreement are necessary as a consequence of the non-ratification bySwitzerland; condude the following Protocol: 1.TheSurveillance and Court Agreement, as adjusted by this Protocol, shall enterinto force, on the date of entry into force of this Protocol, between theRepublic of , the Republic of , the Republic of , theKingdom of and the Kingdom of . 2.As regards thePrincipality of , the Surveillance and Court Agreement, asadjusted by this Protocol, shall enter into force on the same day as the EEAAgreement enters into force for and provided that the appropriatedecision has been taken by the Signatories to this Proto- 9 1992/93. colregarding the application to of decisions and other measu- Prop. 1992/93:225 res taken under the Surveillance and Court Agreement. Article 2 Engelsk text 1.Since the following its non-ratification of the Surveillance and CourtAgreement is not a Contracting Party thereto, the reference in the preamble tothe Agreement to "THE SWISS CONFEDERATION" as one of the ContractingParties shall be deleted. 2.Article l(b) ofthe Surveillance and Court Agreement shall be replaced by the following: 'the term "EFTA States" means the Republic ofAustria, the Republic of , the Republic of , the Kingdom ofNorway and the Kingdom of and, under the conditions laid down in Article1(2) of the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement between the EFTA States on theEstablishment of a Surveillance Authority anda Court of , thePrincipality of '. The Surveillance and Court Agreement shall beadjusted further in ac cordance with Artides 3 to 8 of this Protocol. The first paragraph of Article 7 shall be replaced by thefollowing: 'The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall consist of fivemembers, who shall be chosen on the grounds of their general competence andwhose indepen-dence is beyond doubt.' Anide 4 Article 28 shall be replaced by the following: 'Artide 28 The EFTA Court shall consist of five judges.' When the Surveillance and Court Agreement enters intoforce for , the number of members of the EFTA SurveillanceAuthority and the number of judges of the EFTA Court shall be increased. Article 6 Article 29 shall be replaced by the following: The EFTA Court shall sit in plenary session. Decisions ofthe Court shall be valid only when an uneven number of its members is sittingin the deliberations. Decisions of the Court shall be valid if three membersare sitting. At the request of the Court, the Govemments of the EFTA Statesmay, by common accord, allow it to establish chambers.' The second paragraph of Artide 30 shall be replaced by thefollowing: 'three years there shall be a partial replacement ofthe judges. Two and three judges shall be replaced alternately. The two judgesto be replaced after the first three years shall be determined by lot.' Article 53(3) shall be replaced by the following: This Agreement shall enter into force on the date andunder the conditions provided for in the Protocol Adjusting the Agreementbetween the EFTA States on the of a Surveillance Authority and aCourt of .' 1992/93:225 Bilaga 2 1.This Protocolis drawn up in a singie original in the English, Finnish, German, Icelandic,Norwegian and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic. 2.This Protocolshall be ratified by the Contracting Parties in accordance with theirrespective constitutional requirements. It shall be deposited with the Government of transmit certified copies to all the other Contracting Parties. Theinstruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of Swedenwhich shall notify all the other Contracting Parties. This Protocol shall enter into force on 1 1993,provided that the EEA Agreement enters into force on that date and provided that all the Contracting Parties referred to in Article 1(1) of this Protocol have deposited their instruments of ratification of the Surveillance and Court Agreement and of this Protocol before that date. After that date, this Protocol shall en ter into force on the date the EEA Agreement enters into force or when all instruments of ratification of the Surveillance and Court Agreement and of this Protocol have been deposited by all the Contracting Parties referred to in Article 1(1) of this Protocol, whichever date is the låter. As regards ,this Protocol shall enter into force on the same Prop. date as the EEA Agreemententers into force for , provided Bilaga 2 thatLiechtenstein has deposited its instruments of ratification of the Surveil- Övervakningsprot. lanceand Court Agreement and of this Protocol, and under the conditions Engelsktext laid down in Article 1(2) of this Protocol. INWITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorizedthereto, have signed this Protocol. DONEat , this seventeenth day of 1993. AGREED MINUTE Prop. Thesignatories agreed that: Bilaga 2 Ad Protocol 4 Engelsk text asregards the terms "EFTA dimension" and "EFTA undertakings",the word "EFTA" refers to those EFTA States for which the Agreementbetween the EFTA States on the of a Surveillance Authority and aCourt of has entered into force. PROTOKOLL MED JUSTERINGAR AV AVTALET OM EN STÄNDIGKOMMITTÉ FÖR EFTA-STATERNA REPUBLIKEN , REPUBLIKEN , , , OCH REPUBLIKENÖSTERRIKE SOM BEAKTAR att avtalet om Europeiska ekonomiskasamarbetsområdet, härefter kallat undertecknades i den 2maj 1992, SOM BEAKTAR att avtalet om en ständig kommitté förEFTA-staterna, härefter kallat kommittéavtalet, undertecknades i den 2maj 1992, SOM BEAKTAR att det står klart att en av signatärema avEES-avtalet, , inte har möjlighet att ratificeraEES-avtalet eller kommittéavtalet och att dessa avtal därför inte kommer attbli tillämpliga på , SOM BEAKTAR att protokollet med justeringar av EES-avtalethar undertecknats som detta protokoll, SOM BEAKTAR att ett nytt datum för kommittéavtaletsikraftträdande måste fastställas, SOM BEAKTAR att särskilda bestämmelser krävs förkommittéavtalets ikraftträdande såvitt avser Furstendömet , SOM BEAKTAR att justeringar av kommittéavtalet ärnödvändiga till följd av att inte ratificerar avtalet, HAR BESLUTAT att komma överens om följande protokoll: 1.Kommittéavtalet,sådant det justerats genom detta protokoll, träder i kraft den dag som dettaprotokoll träder i kraft mellan Republiken , ,, och Republiken . 2.Såvitt avserFurstendömet träder kommittéavtalet, sådant det justerats genomdetta protokoll, i kraft som träder i kraft beträffandeLiechtenstein, under förutsättning att det nödvändiga beslutet har fattats avdetta protokolls signatärer i fräga om tillämpningen pä av beslutsom fattats och andra åtgärder som vidtagits enligt kommittéavtalet. Prop.1992/93:225 Bilaga 3 Kommittéprot. 1.EftersomSchweiziska Edsförbundet, till följd av att det inte har ratificeratkommittéavtalet, inte är part i avtalet, skall hänvisningen i avtalets ingresstill 'SCHWEIZISKA EDSFÖRBUNDET' som en av de avtalsslutande parterna utgå. 2.Artikel 1.2 b ikommittéavtalet skall ersättas med följande: " "EFTA-stat" Republiken ,, , och RepublikenÖsterrike och, enligt villkoren i artikel 1.2 i protokollet med justeringar avavtalet mellan EFTA-staterna om en ständig kommitté, FurstendömetLiechtenstein." skall justeras ytterligare i enlighetmed artikel 3. Prop.1992/93:225 Bilaga 3 ICommittéprot. Artikel 14.3 skall ersättas med följande: Detta avtal träder i kraft den dag och pä devillkor som föreskrivs i artikel 1 i protokollet med justeringar av avtaletmellan EFTA-staterna om en ständig kommitté." 1.Detta protokollär upprättat i ett enda original pä engelska, finska, isländska, norska,svenska och tyska, vilka alla texter är lika giltiga. 2.Detta protokollskall ratificeras av de avtalsslutande parterna i enlighet med deras respektivekonstitutionella bestämmelser. Det skalldeponeras hos , som skall överlämna bestyrkta kopior till allaövriga avtalsslutande parter. Ratifikationsinstrumentenskall deponeras hos , som skall anmäla detta till alla övrigaavtalsslutande parter. 3.Detta protokollträder i kraft , om träder i kraft den dagen ochunder förutsättning att alla avtalsslutande parter som avses i artikel 1.1 idetta protokoll har deponerat sina ratifikationsinstrument beträffandekommittéavtalet och detta protokoll före . Efter den dagen träderdetta protokoll i kraft den dag träder i kraft eller när allaratifikationsinstrument beträffande kommittéavtalet och detta protokoll hardeponerats av alla de avtalsslutande parter som avses i artikel 1.1 i dettaprotokoll, beroende på vilken dag som inträffar senast. 4.Såvitt avserLiechtenstein träder detta protokoll i kraft som träder ikraft beträffande , under förutsättning att hardeponerat sina ratifikationsinstrument beträffande kommittéavtalet och dettaprotokoll och på de villkor som anges i artikel 1.2 i detta protokoll. TILL BEVISHÄRPÅ har undertecknade befullmäktigade undertecknat Prop. 1992/93:225 detta protokoll. SOM SKEDDE i den sjuttonde marsnittonhundranittiotre. ÖVERENSKOMMEN PROTOKOLLSANTECKNING Prop.1992/93:225 Signatärema har enatsom följande: ° . Ifi-åga om artikel 1.2 träder i kraft beträffande , får som regeloch om inte annat beslutas av ständiga kommittén, delta i kommitténs arbete,dock utan rätt att delta i omröstningar. Furstendömet kommmer att, sedanEES-avtalet har trätt i kraft beträffande , till respektiveregeringar i , , , och återbetala av demenligt utbetalda belopp för att täcka andel i denfinansiella mekanismen. ON ASTANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF , WHEREAS the Agreement on Economic Area,hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement, was signed in on 2 May1992; WHEREAS the Agreement on a , hereinafter referred to as Agreement, was signedin on 2 1992; WHEREAS it has become clear that one of the Signatories tothe EEA Agreement, the Swiss Confederation, is not in a position to ratify theEEA Agreement or Agreement and that therefore thoseAgreements will not apply to ; WHEREAS a Protocol Adjusting the EEA Agreement is signedon the same day as this Protocol; WHEREAS a new date for the entry into force of theStanding Committee Agreement has to be laid down; WHEREAS special provisions are required for the entry intoforce of Agreement as regards the Principality ofLiechtenstein; WHEREAS adjustments to Agreementare necessary as a consequence of the non-ratification by ; to condude the following Protocol: 1.The StandingCommittee Agreement, as adjusted by this Protocol, shall enter into force, onthe date of entry into force of this Protocol, between the Republic of ,the Republic of , the Republic of , the Kingdom of and theKingdom of . 2.As regards thePrincipality of , Agreement, as adjusted bythis Protocol, shall enter into force on the same day as the EEA Agreemententers into force for and provided that the appropriate decisionhas been taken by the Signatories to this Protocol regarding the applicationto of decisions and other measures taken under the StandingCommittee Agreement. Prop.1992/93:225 Bilaga 3 Kommittéprot. 1.Since the following its non-ratification of the Standing CommitteeAgreement is not a Contracting Party thereto, the reference in the preamble tothe Agreement to "THE SWISS CONFEDERATION" as one of the ContractingParties shall be deleted. 2.Artide l(2)(b)of Agreement shall be replaced by the following: 'Ihe term "EFTA States" means the Republic ofAustria, the Republic of , the Republic of , the Kingdom of Norwayand the Kingdom of and, under the conditions laid down in Article 1(2)of the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on a , the Principality of '. Agreement shall be adjustedfurther in accor dance with Article 3. Article 14(3) shall be replaced by the following: This Agreement shall enter into force on the date andunder the conditions provided for in the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on aStanding .' Prop.1992/93:225 Bilaga 3 Kommittéprot. 1.This Protocolis drawn up in a singie original in the English, Finnish, German, Icelandic,Norwegian and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic. 2.This Protocolshall be ratified by the Contracting Parties in accordance with theirrespective constitutional requirements. It shallbe deposited with the Government of which shall transmit certifiedcopies to all the other Contracting Parties. Theinstruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of Swedenwhich shall notify all the other Contracting Parties. 3.This Protocolshall enter into force on 1 1993, provided that the EEA Agreement entersinto force on that date and provided that all the Contracting Parties referredto in Article 1(1) of this Protocol have deposited their instruments ofratification of Agreement and of this Protocol beforethat date. After that date, this Protocol shall enter into force on the datethe EEA Agreement enters into force or when all instruments of ratification ofthe Agreement and of this Protocol have been deposited byall the Contracting Parties referred to in Article 1(1) of this Protocol, whicheverdate is the låter. 4.As regardsLiechtenstein, this Protocol shall enter into force on the same date as the EEAAgreement enters into force for , provided thatLiechtenstein has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Standing Prop. CommitteeAgreement and of this Protocol, and under the conditions laid Bilaga 3 down inArticle 1(2) of this Protocol. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries,being duly Engelsk text authorized thereto, have signed this Protocol. DONE at , this seventeenth day of 1993. TheSignatories agreed that: Ad article 1(2) Engelsk text beforethe Agreement enters into force for , may, as a ruleand unless otherwise decided by , participate in thework of without, however, having the right to vote. BYTHE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRINCIPALITY TheGovernment of the Principality of will, upon the entry into forceof the EEA Agreement for , reimburse the Govemments of ,, , and , respectively, the amounts disbursed bythem under the EEA Agreement in order to cover the share of theFinancial Mechanism. ADJUSTINGTHE AGREEMENT ON A COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES Prop.1992/93:225 Bilaga 4 WHEREAS the Agreement on Economic Area,hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement, was signed in on 2 May1992; WHEREAS the Agreement on a ofParliament of the EFTA States, hereinafter referred to as the ParliamentaryCommittee Agreement, was signed in on 20 1992; WHEREAS it has become clear that one of the Signatories tothe EEA Agreement, the Swiss Confederation, is not in a position to ratify theEEA Agreement or Agreement and that therefore thoseAgreements will not apply to ; WHEREAS a Protocol Adjusting the EEA Agreement is signedon the same day as this Protocol; WHEREAS a new date for the entry into force of theParliamentary Committee Agreement has to be laid down; WHEREAS special provisions are required for the entry intoforce of Agreement as regards the Principality ofLiechtenstein; WHEREAS a number of adjustments to the ParliamentaryCommittee Agreement are necessary as a consequence of the non-ratification bySwitzerland; to condude the following Protocol: 1.The ParliamentaryCommittee Agreement, as adjusted by this Protocol, shall enter into force onthe date of entry into force of this Protocol, between the Republic of ,the Republic of , the Republic of , the Kingdom of and theKingdom of . 2.As regards thePrincipality of , Agreement, asadjusted by this Protocol, shall enter into force on the same day as the EEAAgreement enters into force for . 'tcle 2 Prop. Agreement shall be adjusted inaccordance Bilaga 4 withArtides 3 to 5 of this Protocol. Artide 3 Article 1(1) shall be replaced by the following: The Parliamentsof the EFTA States shall, from amongtheir own members, each appoint members for partidpation in provided for in Article 95 of the EEA Agreement, inaccordance with the following: -from theParliaments of and eight members; -from theParliament of seven members; -from theParliament of sbc members; and -from theParliament of four members. As from the entry into force of the ParliamentaryCommittee Agreement for , the number of members to be appointed byeach Parliament shall be: -from theParliaments of and eight members; -from theParliaments of and six members; -from theParliament of three members; and -from theParliament of two members.' Article 4 Article 12 shall be replaced by the following: shall adopt its rules of procedure acting bya majority of the National Delegations, members appointed by each Parliamentforming a National Delegation.' Artide 16(3) shall be replaced by the following: The present Agreement shall enter into force on thedate and under the conditions provided for in Artide I of the ProtocolAdjusting the Agreement on a of the EFTAStates.' This Protocol is drawn up in a singie original andauthentic in the English ThisProtocol shall be ratified by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. It shallbe deposited with the Government of which shall transmit certifiedcopies to all the other Contracting Parties. Theinstruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of Swedenwhich shall notify all the other Contracting Parties. 3.This Protocolshall enter into force on 1 1993, provided that the EEA Agreement entersinto force on that date and provided that all the Contracting Parties referredto in Article 1(1) of this Protocol have deposited their instruments ofratification of Agreement and of this Protocolbefore that date. After that date, this Protocol shall enter into force on thedate the EEA Agreement enters into force or when all instruments ofratification of Agreement and of this Protocol havebeen deposited by all the Contracting Parties referred to in Article 1(1) ofthis Protocol, whichever date is the låter. 4.As regardsLiechtenstein, this Protocol shall enter into force on the same date as the EEAAgreement enters into force for , provided that hasdeposited its instruments of ratification of the Parliamentary CommitteeAgreement and of this Protocol. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries,being duly authorized thereto, have signed this Protocol. DONE at , this seventeenth day of 1993. 1992/93:225 Bilaga 4 AVTALET OM EN KOMMITTÉ MED LEDAMÖTER REPUBLIKEN , REPUBLIKEN , , , OCH REPUBLIKENÖSTERRIKE SOM BEAKTAR att avtalet om Europeiska ekonomiskasamarbetsområdet, härefter kallat , undertecknades i den 2maj 1992, SOM BEAKTAR att avtalet om en kommitté med ledamöter frånEFTA-staternas parlament, härefter kallat parlamentarikeravtalet,undertecknades i , SOM BEAKTAR att det står klart att en av signatärema avEES-avtalet, , inte har möjlighet att ratificeraEES-avtalet eller parlamentarikeravtalet och att dessa avtal därför inte kommeratt bli tillämpliga pä , SOM BEAKTAR att protokollet medjusteringar av EES-avtalethärunder-tecknats som detta protokoll, SOM BEAKTAR att ett nytt datum för parlamentarikeravtaletsikraftträdande måste fastställas, SOM BEAKTAR att särskilda bestämmelser krävs förparlamentarikeravtalets ikraftträdande såvitt avser FurstendömetLiechtenstein, SOM BEAKTAR att ett antal justeringar av parlamentarikeravtaletär nödvändiga till följd av att inte ratificerar avtalet, HAR BESLUTAT att komma överens om följande protokoll: , sådant detjusterats genom detta protokoll, träder i kraft den dag som detta protokollträder i kraft mellan Republiken , , , och Republiken . Såvitt avser FurstendömetLiechtenstein träder parlamentarikeravtalet, sådant det justerats genom dettaprotokoll, i kraft som träder i kraft beträffandeLiechtenstein. Prop.1992/93:225 Bilaga 4 skall justeras i enlighet medartikel 3 - 5 i detta protokoll. 10 1992/93. Artikel 1.1 skall ersättas med följande: Parlamenten i EFTA-staterna skall, bland sinaledamöter, utse ledamöter som skall delta i som avses i artikel 95 i , enligt följande: -fränparlamenten i och åtta ledamöter, -frånparlamentet i sju ledamöter, -frånparlamentet i sex ledamöter, -fränparlamentet i fyra ledamöter. Frän parlamentarikeravtalets ikraftträdande beträffandeLiechtenstein, skall antalet ledamöter som utses av varje parlament vara: -frånparlamenten i och åtta ledamöter, -frånparlamenten i och sex ledamöter, -fränparlamentet i tre ledamöter, och -frånparlamentet i två ledamöter.' Artikel 12 skall ersättas med följande: Kommittén skall anta sin arbetsordning genom beslut av enmajoritet av de nationella delegationerna; de ledamöter som utsetts av varjeparlament utgör därvid en nationell delegation.' Artikel 16.3 skall ersättas med följande: Detta avtal träder i kraft den dag och på de villkorsom föreskrivs i artikel 1 i protokollet med justeringar av avtalet om enkommitté med ledamöter frän EFTA-staternas parlament.' Prop.1992/93:225 Bilaga 4 Detta protokoll har upprättats iett enda original och är autentiskt pä engelska språket. Detta protokoll skall ratificerasav de avtalsslutande parterna i enlighet med deras respektive konstitutionellabestämmelser. Det skall deponeras hos , som skallöverlämna bestyrkta kopior till alla övriga avtalsslutande parter. Ratifikationsinstrumenten skall deponeras hos Sverigesregering, som skall anmäla detta till alla övriga avtalsslutande parter. Dettaprotokoll träder i kraft , om träder i kraft Prop. den dagenoch under förutsättning att alla avtalsslutande parter som det hän- Bilaga4 visas tilli detta protokoll har deponerat sina ratifikationsinstrument av- Parlamentarikerprot. seendeparlamentarikeravtalet och detta protokoll före . dagenträder detta protokoll i kraft den dag träder i kraft eller när allaratifikationsinstrument avseende parlamentarikeravtalet och detta protokollhar deponerats av alla de avtalsslutande parter som avses i artikel 1.1 i detta protokoll, beroende på vilken dag sominträffar senast. Såvitt avser träder detta protokoll ikraft som träder i kraft beträffande , underförutsättning att har deponerat sina ratifikationsinstrumentbeträffande parlamentarikeravtalet och detta protokoll. TILL BEVIS HÄRPÅ har undertecknade befullmäktigadeundertecknat detta protokoll. SOM SKEDDE i . LIST OF CORRECTIONS TO Prop.