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Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts, signed at Nice, 26 February 2001

PART ONE - SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS

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- Article 1: points 1) to 15) (EU Treaty)

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- Article 2: points 1) to 47) (EC Treaty)

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- Article 3: points 1) to 25 (EAEC Treaty)

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- Article 4: points 1) to 19) (ECSC Treaty)

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- Article 5: Protocol on the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB

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- Article 6: Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities

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PART TWO - TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

- Articles 7 to 13

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PROTOCOLS

- Protocol on the enlargement of the European Union

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- Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice

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- Protocol on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel

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- Protocol on Article 67 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

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FINAL ACT

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DECLARATIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE

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DECLARATIONS OF WHICH THE CONFERENCE TOOK NOTE

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Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part 2 – Transitional and Final Provisions - Article 11



Official Journal 080 , 10/03/2001 P. 0043 - 0043
12001C/DCL/16

Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certa in related acts - Declarations Adopted By The Conference - Declaration on Article 225a of the Treaty establishing the European Community



Official Journal 080 , 10/03/2001 P. 0080 - 0080
4. Declaration on the third paragraph of Article 21 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

The Conference calls upon the institutions and bodies referred to in the third paragraph of Article 21 or in Article 7 to ensure that the reply to any written request by a citizen of the Union is made within a reasonable period.
1. FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

32001 L 0083: Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67).

By way of derogation from the requirements of quality, safety and efficacy laid down in Directive 2001/83/EC, marketing authorisations for the pharmaceutical products on the lists (in Appendix A to this Annex as provided by Slovenia in one language) issued under Slovenian law prior to the date of accession, shall remain valid until they are renewed in compliance with the acquis and in accordance with the timeframe set out in the abovementioned lists, or until 31 December 2007, whichever is the earlier. Notwithstanding the provisions of Title III, Chapter 4, of the Directive, marketing authorisations covered by this derogation shall not benefit from mutual recognition in the Member States as long as these products have not been authorised according to EU legislation.

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6. TRANSPORT POLICY

1. 31992 L 0006: Council Directive 92/6/EEC of 10 February 1992 on the installation and use of speed limitation devices for certain categories of motor vehicles in the Community (OJ L 57, 2.3.1992, p. 27).

By way of derogation from Article 2 and Article 3(1) of Directive 92/6/EEC, motor vehicles engaged exclusively in domestic transport operations in Malta need not be equipped with speed limitation devices until 31 December 2005.

2. 31996 L 0096: Council Directive 96/96/EC of 20 December 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (OJ L 46, 17.2.1997, p. 1), as last amended by:

- 32001 L 0011: Commission Directive 2001/11/EC of 14.2.2001 (OJ L 48, 17.2.2001, p. 20).

By way of derogation from Article 1 of Directive 96/96/EC, the following items shall not be tested as regards the following categories, listed in Annexes I and II to the Directive, of motor vehicles engaged exclusively in domestic transport operations in Malta until 31 December 2004:

- item 5.3 for vehicle categories 1-6;

- items 6.1.6, 6.2, 7.1, 7.8, 7.9 and 7.10 for vehicle categories 1-3; and

- items 6.2 and 7.5 for vehicle categories 4-6.

3. 31999 L 0062: Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures. (OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 42).

By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Directive 1999/62/EC, the minimum tax rates laid down in Annex I to the Directive shall not apply in Malta to vehicles engaged in international transport operations until 31 December 2004. During this period, the rates to be applied by Malta to these vehicles shall not be less than 80 % of the minima laid down in Annex I to the Directive.

By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Directive 1999/62/EC, the minimum tax rates laid down in Annex I to the Directive shall not apply in Malta to vehicles engaged exclusively in domestic transport operations until 31 December 2005. During this period, the rates to be applied by Malta to these vehicles shall not be less than 65 % of the minimum laid down in Annex I to the Directive.

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12003TN05/07/B

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 - Annex V: List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Czech Republic - 7. Environment - B. Water quality



Official Journal L 236 , 23/09/2003 P. 0809 - 0809
44. Declaration by the Commission of the European Communities to the conclusions of the Accession Conference with Latvia

The treatment of abandoned land, for example to return land to traditional environmental conditions and/or to prevent closed landscapes, can be supported as a measure under Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 in the Single Programming Document under Objective I.

Article 33 offers different possibilities in this regard; e.g. under the eighth indent for agricultural water resources management, but in particular under the eleventh indent, which says that support can be provided for protection of the environment in connection with agriculture, forestry and landscape conservation as well as with the improvement of animal welfare. This support could be in the form of a single payment for environmentally-friendly treatment of abandoned land.

The proposed measure should not include as a specific aim the return of land to agricultural production covered by Common Market Organisations or to set-aside. However, land owned by farmers and treated as described above could be used by those farmers in combination with their existing farmland, in order to modify their current agricultural production methods in ways designed to protect the environment and to maintain the countryside. In this case further support may be possible under the agri-environment measure referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.

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A. AIR QUALITY

31999 L 0032: Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13).

By way of derogation from Articles 3(1) and 4(1) of Directive 1999/32/EC, the requirements for petrol and for diesel fuel shall not apply to Cyprus during a period of one year from the date of accession. During this period, Cyprus may seek a derogation under Articles 3(2) and (5) and 4(3) and (4) of the Directive.

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Article 61

The Government of the Italian Republic shall remit to the Governments of the new Member States a certified copy of the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty establishing the European Community and of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and 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 Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages.

The texts of those Treaties, drawn up in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian languages, shall be annexed to this Act. Those texts shall be authentic under the same conditions as the texts of the Treaties referred to in the first paragraph, drawn up in the present languages.

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39. Declaration by the Government of the Republic of Poland concerning public morality

The Government of the Republic of Poland understands that nothing in the provisions of the Treaty on European Union, of the Treaties establishing the European Communities and the provisions of treaties amending or supplementing those treaties prevents the Polish State in regulating questions of moral significance, as well as those related to the protection of human life.

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Article 3

1. The provisions of the Schengen acquis as integrated into the framework of the European Union by the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community (hereinafter referred to as the "Schengen Protocol"), and the acts building upon it or otherwise related to it, listed in Annex I to this Act, as well as any further such acts which may be adopted before the date of accession, shall be binding on and applicable in the new Member States from the date of accession.

2. Those 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 not referred to in paragraph 1, while binding on the new Member States from the date of accession, shall only apply in a new Member State pursuant to a Council decision to that effect after verification in accordance with the applicable Schengen evaluation procedures that the necessary conditions for the application of all parts of the acquis concerned have been met in that new Member State and after consulting the European Parliament.

The Council shall take its decision acting with the unanimity of its members representing the Governments of the Member States in respect of which the provisions referred to in the present paragraph have already been put into effect and of the representative of the Government of the Member State in respect of which those provisions are to be put into effect. The members of the Council representing the Governments of Ireland and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall take part in such a decision insofar as it relates to the provisions of the Schengen acquis and the acts building upon it or otherwise related to it in which these Member States participate.

3. The Agreements concluded by the Council under Article 6 of the Schengen Protocol shall be binding on the new Member States from the date of accession.

4. The new Member States undertake in respect of those conventions or instruments in the field of justice and home affairs which are inseparable from the attainment of the objectives of the EU Treaty:

- to accede to those which, by the date of accession, have been opened for signature by the present Member States, and to those which have been drawn up by the Council in accordance with Title VI of the EU Treaty and recommended to the Member States for adoption;

- to introduce administrative and other arrangements, such as those adopted by the date of accession by the present Member States or by the Council, to facilitate practical cooperation between the Member States' institutions and organisations working in the field of justice and home affairs.

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A. AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION

32001 R 1260: Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1), as amended by:

- 32002 R 0680: Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002 of 19.4.2002 (OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26).

By way of derogation from Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets, Slovakia may until 31 December 2006 continue to grant State aid in order to ensure the functioning of the warehouse receipt and goods receipt system laid down in Act No 144/1998 Z. z. on Warehouse Receipt and Goods Receipt which entered into force on 1 June 1998.

Slovakia shall submit an annual report to the Commission on the implementation of this State aid measure, indicating the form of the aid and the amounts.

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41. Declaration by the Republic of Slovenia on the future regional division of the Republic of Slovenia

The Republic of Slovenia emphasises the importance it attaches to the balanced regional development and to the need to reduce socio-economic disparities between its regions.

The Republic of Slovenia notes that the competence for decisions on its regional division lies exclusively with the Republic of Slovenia. An exception to this is the regional division of Slovenia for the purposes of the common regional classification of the territorial units (NUTS).

In the context of the accession negotiations the issue of regional division of Slovenia at NUTS 2 level was provisionally settled at the nineteenth meeting of the Conference at Deputy level on 29 July 2002, under the terms set out in the Conclusions of the Conference. These Conclusions were confirmed at the Ministerial meeting of the Accession Conference on 1 October 2002.

A declaration by the Republic of Slovenia, to which none of the Member States objected at any stage, was included in the Conclusions of the Conference and the relevant part of it reads:

"Slovenia is pleased to note that the EU noted that the whole territory of Slovenia will be considered as one single region at NUTS 2 level for the period up to the end of 2006, that Slovenia intends to implement one Single Programming Document covering the whole territory of Slovenia for the programming period up to the end of 2006, and that Slovenia will continue discussions on the territorial division ensuring balanced regional development with the Commission in order to review, already being a Member State, its NUTS classification at the end of 2006 at the latest.

If the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of Territorial Units for statistics (NUTS) is adopted and enters into force before Slovenia's accession, Slovenia will, if necessary, negotiate with the EU its application to the territorial division of Slovenia.

On this basis Slovenia can accept the EU proposal and agree that at this stage this chapter does not require further negotiation."

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B. WASTE MANAGEMENT

1. 31993 R 0259: Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community (OJ L 30, 6.2.1993, p. 1), as last amended by:

- 32001 R 2557: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2557/2001 of 28.12.2001 (OJ L 349, 31.12.2001, p. 1).

(a) Until 31 December 2010, all shipments to Latvia of waste for recovery listed in Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 and shipments of waste for recovery not listed in those Annexes shall be notified to the competent authorities and processed in conformity with Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Regulation.

(b) By way of derogation from Article 7(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93, the competent authorities shall object to shipments of waste for recovery listed in Annexes II, III and IV to the Regulation and shipments of waste for recovery not listed in those Annexes destined for a facility benefiting from a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 96/61/EC [5] concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, during the period in which the temporary derogation is applied to the facility of destination.

2. 31994 L 0062: European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10).

By way of derogation from Article 6(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 94/62/EC, Latvia shall attain the recovery and recycling targets for the following packaging materials by 31 December 2007 in accordance with the following intermediate targets:

- recycling of plastics: 11 % by weight by the date of accession, 12 % for 2004, 13 % for 2005 and 14 % for 2006;

- overall recovery rate: 33 % by weight by the date of accession, 37 % for 2004, 42 % for 2005 and 46 % for 2006.

3. 31999 L 0031: Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1).

By way of derogation from the second indent of Article 2(g) of Directive 1999/31/EC, and without prejudice to Council Directive 75/442/EEC [6] on waste and Council Directive 91/689/EEC [7] on hazardous waste, a permanent site which is used for temporary storage of hazardous waste generated within Latvia will not be considered as a landfill in Latvia until 31 December 2004.

[5] OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26.

[6] OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC (OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32).

[7] OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 20. Directive as last amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC (OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 28).

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12003T010

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 - Part one : Principles - Article 10



Official Journal L 236 , 23/09/2003 P. 0036 - 0036
20. Joint Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria on the monitoring of nuclear safety

The Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria stress the importance of continuing the monitoring process on the implementation of the recommendations for the improvement of nuclear safety in the accession countries, as raised at the Council on General Affairs and External Relations of 10 December 2002, until a result is available.

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Article 18

In Article 57(1) of the EC Treaty the following shall be added:

"In respect of restrictions existing under national law in Estonia and Hungary, the relevant date shall be 31 December 1999"

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12003TN11/04/B2

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 - Annex XI: List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Malta - 4. Agriculture - B. Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation - II. Phytosanitary legislation



Official Journal L 236 , 23/09/2003 P. 0866 - 0867
Protocol No 5

on the transit of persons by land between the region of Kaliningrad and other parts of the Russian Federation

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

CONSIDERING the particular situation of the region of Kaliningrad of the Russian Federation in the context of the Union's enlargement,

RECOGNISING the obligations and commitments of Lithuania with regard to the acquis establishing an area of freedom, security and justice,

NOTING, in particular, that Lithuania shall fully apply and implement the EC acquis regarding the list of countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement as well the EC acquis regarding the uniform format for a visa as from accession at the latest,

RECOGNISING that the transit of persons by land between the region of Kaliningrad and other parts of the Russian Federation through EU territory is a matter concerning the Union as a whole and should be treated as such and must not entail any unfavourable consequence for Lithuania,

CONSIDERING the decision to be taken by the Council to remove controls at internal borders after it has verified that the necessary conditions to that effect have been met,

DETERMINED to assist Lithuania in fulfilling the conditions for full participation in the Schengen area without internal frontiers as soon as possible,

HAVE AGREED ON THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:

Article 1

The Community rules and arrangements on transit of persons by land between the region of Kaliningrad and other parts of the Russian Federation, and in particular Council Regulation establishing a specific Facilitated Transit Document (FTD), a Facilitated Rail Transit Document (FRTD) and amending the Common Consular Instructions and the Common Manual shall not in themselves delay or prevent the full participation of Lithuania in the Schengen acquis, including the removal of internal border controls.

Article 2

The Community shall assist Lithuania in implementing the rules and arrangements for the transit of persons between the region of Kaliningrad and the other parts of the Russian Federation with a view to Lithuania's full participation in the Schengen area as soon as possible.

The Community shall assist Lithuania in managing the transit of persons between the region of Kaliningrad and the other parts of the Russian Federation and shall, notably, bear any additional costs incurred by implementing the specific provisions of the acquis provided for such transit.

Article 3

Without prejudice to the sovereign rights of Lithuania, any further decision concerning the transit of persons between the region of Kaliningrad and other parts of the Russian Federation will be only adopted after the accession of Lithuania by the Council acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission.

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