# L_2016116EN.01000101.xml

| 30.4.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 116/1 |
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30.4.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 116/1

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Notice concerning the provisional application of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part

The following parts of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part, signed at Astana on 21 December 2015, will be provisionally applied as of 1 May 2016 by virtue of Article 3 of the Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement (1), to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union's competence:

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| | Title I; |
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Title I;

| | Title II: Articles 4, 5, 9 and 10; |
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Title II: Articles 4, 5, 9 and 10;

| | Title III (with the exception of Articles 56 and 58, Article 62 to the extent that it concerns criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, and Article 147);
  The provisional application of Article 141 shall not affect the sovereign rights of the Member States over their hydrocarbon resources in accordance with international law, including their rights and obligations as Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. |
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Title III (with the exception of Articles 56 and 58, Article 62 to the extent that it concerns criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, and Article 147);

The provisional application of Article 141 shall not affect the sovereign rights of the Member States over their hydrocarbon resources in accordance with international law, including their rights and obligations as Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

| | Title IV: Chapters 5, 6 and 7 (with the exception of point (c) of Article 210 and points (b), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of Article 212), and Chapters 12 and 15; |
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Title IV: Chapters 5, 6 and 7 (with the exception of point (c) of Article 210 and points (b), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of Article 212), and Chapters 12 and 15;

| | Title V: Article 235 and Article 238 (with the exception of paragraphs 2 and 3); |
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Title V: Article 235 and Article 238 (with the exception of paragraphs 2 and 3);

| | Title VI: Chapters 5 and 9; |
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Title VI: Chapters 5 and 9;

| | Title VII; |
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Title VII;

| | Title VIII (to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement); |
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Title VIII (to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement);

| | Title IX (with the exception of Article 281(7), to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement in accordance with this Article); |
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Title IX (with the exception of Article 281(7), to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement in accordance with this Article);

| | Annexes I to VII as well as the Protocol on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters. |
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Annexes I to VII as well as the Protocol on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters.

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(1)  
  OJ L 29, 4.2.2016, p. 1.

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