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| 9.12.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 326/37 |
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9.12.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 326/37

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PROTOCOL

to the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia 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,

IRELAND,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

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,

Contracting Parties to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’, and

THE EUROPEAN UNION,

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Mongolia’,

of the other part,

hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘the Contracting Parties’ for the purposes of this Protocol,

HAVING REGARD TO the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013,

WHEREAS the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in Ulaanbaatar on 30 April 2013,

WHEREAS the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty of Accession’, was signed in Brussels on 9 December 2011,

WHEREAS pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, its accession to the Agreement is to be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to the Agreement,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Republic of Croatia shall accede to the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part, signed in Ulaanbaatar on 30 April 2013, and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner as the other Member States of the European Union, of the text of the Agreement.

Article 2

In due time after the initialling of this Protocol, the European Union shall communicate to its Member States and to Mongolia the text of the Agreement in the Croatian language. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol, the text of the Agreement in the Croatian language shall become authentic under the same conditions as the texts of the Agreement 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.

Article 3

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

1.   This Protocol shall be approved by the European Union, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States and by Mongolia in accordance with their own procedures. The Contracting Parties shall notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose. The instruments of approval shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

2.   This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval, but not before the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

Article 5

This Protocol shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Mongolian languages, each text being equally authentic.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorised to this effect, have signed this Protocol.

Съставено в Брюксел на тридесет и първи октомври през две хиляди и шестнадесета година.

Hecho en Bruselas, el treinta y uno de octubre de dos mil dieciséis.

V Bruselu dne třicátého prvního října dva tisíce šestnáct.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den enogtredivte oktober to tusind og seksten.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am einunddreißigsten Oktober zweitausendsechzehn.

Kahe tuhande kuueteistkümnenda aasta oktoobrikuu kolmekümne esimesel päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις τριάντα μία Οκτωβρίου δύο χιλιάδες δεκαέξι.

Done at Brussels on the thirty-first day of October in the year two thousand and sixteen.

Fait à Bruxelles, le trente-et-un octobre deux mille seize.

Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu trideset prvog listopada godine dvije tisuće šesnaeste.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì trentuno ottobre duemilasedici.

Briselē, divi tūkstoši sešpadsmitā gada trīsdesmit pirmajā oktobrī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai šešioliktų metų spalio trisdešimt pirmą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-tizenhatodik év október havának harmincegyedik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussell, fil-wieħed u tletin jum ta’ Ottubru fis-sena elfejn u sittax.

Gedaan te Brussel, eenendertig oktober tweeduizend zestien.

Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia trzydziestego pierwszego października roku dwa tysiące szesnastego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em trinta e um de outubro de dois mil e dezasseis.

Întocmit la Bruxelles la treizeci și unu octombrie două mii șaisprezece.

V Bruseli tridsiateho prvého októbra dvetisícšestnásť.

V Bruslju, dne enaintridesetega oktobra leta dva tisoč šestnajst.

Tehty Brysselissä kolmantenakymmenentenäensimmäisenä päivänä lokakuuta vuonna kaksituhattakuusitoista.

Som skedde i Bryssel den trettioförsta oktober år tjugohundrasexton.

Хоёр мянга арван зургаан оны аравдугаар сарын гучин нэгний өдөр Брюссель хотноо үйлдэв.

За държавите-членки

Por los Estados miembros

Za členské státy

For medlemsstaterne

Für die Mitgliedstaaten

Liikmesriikide nimel

Για τα κράτη μέλη

For the Member States

Pour les États membres

Za države članice

Per gli Stati membri

Dalībvalstu vārdā –

Valstybių narių vardu

A tagállamok részéről

Għall-Istati Membri

Voor de lidstaten

W imieniu Państw Członkowskich

Pelos Estados-Membros

Pentru statele membre

Za členské štáty

Za države članice

Jäsenvaltioiden puolesta

För medlemsstaterna

Гишүүн улсыг тѳлѳѳлж

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За Европейския съюз

Рог la Unión Europea

Za Evropskou unii

For Den Europæiske Union

Für die Europäische Union

Euroopa Liidu nimel

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση

For the European Union

Pour l'Union européenne

Za Europsku uniju

Per l'Unione europea

Eiropas Savienības vārdā –

Europos Sąjungos vardu

Az Európai Unió részéről

Għall-Unjoni Ewropea

Voor de Europese Unie

W imieniu Unii Europejskiej

Pela União Europeia

Pentru Uniunea Europeană

Za Európsku úniu

Za Evropsko unijo

Euroopan unionin puolesta

För Europeiska unionen

Европын Холбоог тѳлѳѳлж

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За Монголия

Por Mongolia

Za Mongolsko

For Mongoliet

Für die Mongolei

Mongoolia nimel

Για τη Μογγολία

For Mongolia

Pour la Mongolie

Za Mongoliju

Per la Mongolia

Mongolijas vārdā –

Mongolijos vardu

Mongólia Részéről

Għall-Mongolja

Voor Mongolië

W imieniu Mongolii

Pela Mongólia

Pentru Mongolia

Za Mongolsko

Za Mongolijo

Mongolian Puolesta

För Mongoliet

Монгол Улсыг тѳлѳѳлж

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