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# 12003T/AFI

**Act concerning the conditions of 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 and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - I. Text of the Final Act **

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Official Journal L 236 , 23/09/2003 P. 0959 - 0970 *

I. TEXT OF THE FINAL ACT

The Plenipotentiaries of:

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

Assembled at Athens on the sixteenth day of April in the year two thousand and three on the occasion of the signature of the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and 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, the Slovak Republic 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,

Have placed on record the fact that the following texts have been drawn up and adopted within the Conference between the Member States of the European Union and 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, the Slovak Republic 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.

I. the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and 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, the Slovak Republic 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;

II. the Act concerning the conditions of 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 and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded;

III. the texts listed below which are annexed to the Act concerning the conditions of 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 and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded:

A. Annex I : List of provisions of the Schengen acquis as integrated into the framework of the European Union and the acts building upon it or otherwise related to it, to be binding on and applicable in the new Member States as from accession (referred to in Article 3 of the Act of Accession)

Annex II : List referred to in Article 20 of the Act of Accession

Annex III : List referred to in Article 21 of the Act of Accession

Annex IV : List referred to in Article 22 of the Act of Accession; Appendix

Annex V : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Czech Republic; Appendices A and B

Annex VI : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Estonia

Annex VII : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Cyprus; Appendix

Annex VIII : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Latvia; Appendices A and B

Annex IX : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Lithuania; Appendices A and B

Annex X : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Hungary; Appendices A and B

Annex XI : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Malta; Appendices A, B and C

Annex XII : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Poland; Appendices A, B and C

Annex XIII : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Slovenia; Appendices A and B

Annex XIV : List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Slovakia; Appendix

Annex XV : List referred to in Article 32(1) of the Act of Accession

Annex XVI : List referred to in Article 52(1) of the Act of Accession

Annex XVII : List referred to in Article 52(2) of the Act of Accession

Annex XVIII : List referred to in Article 52(3) of the Act of Accession

B. Protocol No 1 on amendments to the Statute of the European Investment Bank

Protocol No 2 on the restructuring of the Czech steel industry

Protocol No 3 on the Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Cyprus

Protocol No 4 on the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania

Protocol No 5 on the transit of persons by land between the region of Kaliningrad and other parts of the Russian Federation

Protocol No 6 on the acquisition of secondary residences in Malta

Protocol No 7 on abortion in Malta

Protocol No 8 on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry

Protocol No 9 on Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant in Slovakia

Protocol No 10 on Cyprus

C. The texts of the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty establishing the European Community and of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, together with the Treaties amending or supplementing them, including the Treaty concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community, the Treaty concerning the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, the Treaty concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, and the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian languages.

The High Contracting Parties undertake to communicate to the Commission and to each other all necessary information required for the application of the Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties. Where necessary, this information shall be provided in such good time before the date of accession as to enable the full application of the Act from the date of accession, in particular as regards the functioning of the internal market. The Commission may inform the new Contracting Parties of the time by which it considers it appropriate to receive or transmit specific information. By this day of signature, the Contracting Parties were provided with a list setting out the information obligations in the veterinary domain.

EN FE DE LO CUAL, los plenipotenciarios abajo firmantes suscriben el presente Tratado.

NA DŮKAZ ČEHOŽ připojili níže podepsaní zplnomocnění zástupci k této smlouvě své podpisy.

TIL BEKRÆFTELSE HERAF har undertegnede befuldmægtigede underskrevet denne traktat.

ZU URKUND DESSEN haben die unterzeichneten Bevollmächtigten ihre Unterschriften unter diesen Vertrag gesetzt.

SELLE KINNITUSEKS on nimetatud täievolilised esindajad käesolevale lepingule alla kirjutanud.

ΣΕ ΠΙΣΤΩΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΩΤΕΡΩ, οι υπογεγραμμένοι πληρεξούσιοι υπέγραψαν την παρούσα συνθήκη.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty.

EN FOI DE QUOI, les plénipotentiaires soussignés ont apposé leurs signatures au bas du présent traité.

DÁ FHIANÚ SIN, chuir na Lánchumhachtaigh thíos-sínithe a lámh leis an gConradh seo.

IN FEDE DI CHE, i plenipotenziari sottoscritti hanno apposto le loro firme in calce al presente trattato.

TO APLIECINOT, attiecīgi pilnvarotās personas ir parakstījušas šo līgumu.

TAI PATVIRTINDAMI tinkamai įgalioti atstovai pasirašė šią Sutartį.

FENTIEK HITELÉÜL az alulírott meghatalmazottak aláírták ezt a szerződést.

B'XIEHDA TA' DAN il-Plenipotenzjarji sottoskritti iffirmaw dan it-Trattat.

TEN BLIJKE WAARVAN de ondergetekende gevolmachtigden hun handtekening onder dit Verdrag hebben gesteld.

W DOWÓD CZEGO niżej podpisani pełnomocnicy złożyli swoje podpisy pod niniejszym Traktatem.

EM FÉ DO QUE, os plenipotenciários abaixo-assinados apuseram as suas assinaturas no final do presente Tratado.

NA DÔKAZ TOHO splnomocnení zástupcovia podpísali túto zmluvu.

V POTRDITEV TEGA so spodaj podpisani pooblaščenci podpisali to pogodbo.

TÄMÄN VAKUUDEKSI ALLA MAINITUT täysivaltaiset edustajat ovat allekirjoittaneet tämän sopimuksen.

SOM BEKRÄFTELSE PÅ DETTA har undertecknade befullmäktigade ombud undertecknat detta fördrag.

Hecho en Atenas, el dieciseis de abril del dos mil tres.

V Aténách dne šestnáctého dubna dva tisíce tři.

Udfærdiget i Athen den sekstende april to tusind og tre.

Geschehen zu Athen am sechzehnten April zweitausendunddrei.

Sõlmitud kuueteistkümnendal aprillil kahe tuhande kolmandal aastal Ateenas.

Έγινε στην Αθήνα, στις δέκα έξι Απριλίου δύο χιλιάδες τρία.

Done at Athens on the sixteenth day of April in the year two thousand and three.

Fait à Athènes, le seize avril deux mille trois.

Arna dhéanamh san Aithin ar an séú lá déag d'Aibreán sa bhliain dhá mhíle a trí.

Fatto a Atene, addi' sedici aprile duemilatre.

Atēnās, divi tūkstoši trešā gada sešpadsmitajā aprīlī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai trečių metų balandžio šešioliktą dieną Atėnuose.

Kelt Athénban, a kétezerharmadik év április havának tizenhatodik napján.

Magħmul f'Ateni fis-sittax-il jum ta' April fis-sena elfejn u tlieta.

Gedaan te Athene, de zestiende april tweeduizenddrie.

Sporządzono w Atenach, dnia szesnastego kwietnia roku dwa tysiące trzeciego.

Feito em Atenas, em dezasseis de Abril de dois mil e três.

V Aténach šestnásteho apríla dvetisíctri.

V Atenah, dne šestnajstega aprila leta dva tisoč tri.

Tehty Ateenassa kuudentenatoista päivänä huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattakolme.

Som skedde i Aten den sextonde april tjugohundratre.

Pour Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges

Voor Zijne Majesteit de Koning der Belgen

Für Seine Majestät den König der Belgier

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Za prezidenta České republiky

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For Hendes Majestæt Danmarks Dronning

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Für den Präsidenten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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Eesti Vabariigi Presidendi nimel

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Για τον Πρόεδρο της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας

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Por Su Majestad el Rey de España

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Pour le Président de la République française

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Thar ceann Uachtarán na hÉireann

For the President of Ireland

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Per il Presidente della Repubblica italiana

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Για τον Πρόεδρο της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας

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Latvijas Republikas Valsts prezidentes vārdā

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Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidento vardu

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Pour Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc de Luxembourg

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A Magyar Köztársaság Elnöke részéről

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Għall-President ta' Malta

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Voor Hare Majesteit de Koningin der Nederlanden

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Für den Bundespräsidenten der Republik Österreich

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Za Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

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Pelo Presidente da República Portuguesa

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Za predsednika Republike Slovenije

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Za prezidenta Slovenskej republiky

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Suomen Tasavallan Presidentin puolesta

För Republiken Finlands President

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För Konungariket Sveriges regering

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For Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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