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| 2.6.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 141/67 |
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2.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 141/67

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 15 February 2007

on the signature and provisional application of a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

(2007/376/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 57(2), 71, 80(2), 133(1), 133(5) and 181 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 23 October 2006 the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, to negotiate with Mexico a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (2), to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. |
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(1)

On 23 October 2006 the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, to negotiate with Mexico a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (2), to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

| (2) | These negotiations have been concluded satisfactorily. |
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(2)

These negotiations have been concluded satisfactorily.

| (3) | The text of the Second Additional Protocol provides for the provisional application of the Protocol before its entry into force. |
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(3)

The text of the Second Additional Protocol provides for the provisional application of the Protocol before its entry into force.

| (4) | Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Second Additional Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Community and the Member States, |
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(4)

Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Second Additional Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Community and the Member States,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

The text of the Second Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The European Community and its Member States shall apply provisionally the terms of the Second Additional Protocol as from the date of its signature, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

Done at Brussels, 15 February 2007.

For the Council

The President

W. SCHÄUBLE

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(1)  
  OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 203.

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(2)  
  OJ L 276, 28.10.2000, p. 45.

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SECOND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, 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 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,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

hereinafter referred to as ‘European Community Member States’,

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’,

THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES,

hereinafter referred to as ‘Mexico’,

and

THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

ROMANIA,

hereinafter referred to as ‘the New Member States’,

WHEREAS the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Mexico, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997 and entered into force on 1 October 2000;

WHEREAS the first Additional Protocol to the Agreement was signed in Mexico City on 2 April 2004 and in Brussels on 29 April 2004;

WHEREAS the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘Treaty of Accession’) was signed in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession attached to that Treaty of Accession, the incorporation of the New Member States to the Agreement is to be formalised by the conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement;

WHEREAS Article 55 of the Agreement states: ‘For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘the parties’ shall mean, on the one hand, the Community or its Member States or the Community and its Member States, in accordance with their respective areas of competence, as derived from the Treaty establishing the European Community and, on the other hand, Mexico’;

WHEREAS Article 56 of the Agreement states: ‘This Agreement shall apply to the territory in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied under the conditions laid down in that Treaty, on the one hand, and to the territory of the United Mexican States, on the other’;

WHEREAS Article 59 of the Agreement states: ‘This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic’;

WHEREAS the first Additional Protocol to the Agreement takes account of 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;

WHEREAS the Agreement was authenticated in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian language versions under the same conditions as the versions drawn up in the original languages of the Agreement;

WHEREAS the Community, in view of the date of accession of the New Member States to the European Union, may need to apply the provisions of this Protocol before having completed all internal procedures required for its entry into force;

WHEREAS Article 5(3) of this Protocol would allow for the Protocol to be applied provisionally by the Community and its Member States before they had completed their internal procedures required for its entry into force,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania are hereby incorporated as Parties to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part.

Article 2

Within six months of the initialling of this Protocol the Community shall communicate to the Member States and to Mexico the Bulgarian and Romanian language versions of the Agreement. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol the new language versions shall become authentic under the same conditions as the versions drawn up in the present languages of the Agreement.

Article 3

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

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, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 5

1.   This Protocol shall be signed and approved by the Community, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States and by Mexico in accordance with their respective procedures.

2.   This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.

3.   Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the Parties agree that, pending the completion of the internal procedures of the Community and its Member States for the entry into force of the Protocol, they shall apply the provisions of this Protocol for a maximum period of 12 months from the first day of the month following the date on which the Community and its Member States give notification of the completion of their procedures necessary for that purpose and Mexico gives notification of the completion of its procedures necessary for entry into force of the Protocol.

4.   Notification shall be sent to the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union who shall be the depositary for the Agreement.

Cъставено в Брюкссл на двалесет и първи февруари две хиляди и седма година.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintiuno de febrero del dos mil siete.

V Bruselu dne dvacátého prvního února dva tísíce sedm.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den enogtyvende februar to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am einundzwanzigsten Februar zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande kuuenda aasta veebruarikuu kahekümne esimesel päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι μία Φεβρουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.

Done at Brussels on the twenty-first day of February in the year two thousand and seven.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt et un février deux mille sept.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventuno febbraio duemilasette.

Briselē, divtūkstoš septītā gada divdesmit pirmajā februārī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai septintų metų vasario dvidešimt pirmą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer hetedik év február havának huszonegyedik napján.

Maghmul fi Brussell, fil-wiehed u ghoxrin jum ta' Frar tas-sena elfejn u sebgha.

Gedaan te Brussel, de eenentwintigste februari tweeduizend zeven.

Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia dwudziestego pierwszego lutego roku dwa tysiące siódmego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e um de Fevereiro de dois mil e sete.

Întocmit la Bruxelles, douăzeci și unu februarie două mii șapte.

V Bruseli dvadsiateho prvého februára dvetisícsedem.

V Bruslju, enaindvajsetega februarja leta dva tisoč sedem.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäensimmäisenä päivänä helmikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsemän.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugoförsta februari tjugohundrasju.

За държавите-членки

Рог 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

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

På medlemsstaternas vägnar

Image 1

За Европейската общност

Por la Comunidad Europea

Za Evropské společenství

For Det Europæiske Fællesskab

Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft

Euroopa Ühenduse nimel

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunità europea

Eiropas Kopienas vārdā

Europos bendrijos vardu

az Europai Közösség részéről

Għall-Komunita Ewropea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej

Pela Comunidade Europeia

Pentru Comunitatea Europeană

Za Európske spoločenstvo

Za Evropsko skupnost

Euroopan yhteisön puolesta

På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

Image 2

За Съединените мексикански щати

Por los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Za Spojene státy mexické

For De Forenede Mexicanske Stater

Für die Vereinigten Mexikanischen Staaten

Mehhiko Ühendriikide nimel

Για τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες του Μεξικού

For the United Mexican States

Pour les États-Unis mexicains

Per gli Stati Uniti messicani

Meksikas Savienoto Valstu vārdā

Meksikos Jungtinių Valstijų vardu

a Mexikói Egyesült Államok részéről

Għall-Istati Uniti Messikani

Voor de Verenigde Mexicaanse Staten

W imieniu Meksykańskich Stanów Zjednoczonych

Pelos Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Pentru Statele Unite Mexicane

Za Spojené Státy mexické

Za Združene države Mehike

Meksikon yhdysvaltojen puolesta

För Mexikos förenta stater

Image 3

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