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Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe - PART III — THE POLICIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION - TITLE VI — THE FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION - CHAPTER III — ENHANCED COOPERATION - Article III-421



Official Journal 310 , 16/12/2004 P. 0181 - 0181
Article III-407

The Commission shall implement the budget in cooperation with the Member States, in accordance with the European law referred to in Article III-412, on its own responsibility and within the limits of the appropriations allocated, having regard to the principles of sound financial management. Member States shall cooperate with the Commission to ensure that the appropriations are used in accordance with those principles.

The European law referred to in Article III-412 shall establish the control and audit obligations of the Member States in the implementation of the budget and the resulting responsibilities. It shall establish the responsibilities and detailed rules for each institution concerning its part in effecting its own expenditure.

Within the budget the Commission may, subject to the limits and conditions laid down by the European law referred to in Article III-412, transfer appropriations from one chapter to another or from one subdivision to another.

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Article III-176

In the context of the establishment and functioning of the internal market, European laws or framework laws shall establish measures for the creation of European intellectual property rights to provide uniform intellectual property rights protection throughout the Union and for the setting up of centralised Union-wide authorisation, coordination and supervision arrangements.

A European law of the Council shall establish language arrangements for the European intellectual property rights. The Council shall act unanimously after consulting the European Parliament.

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37. Declaration on Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant in Slovakia

THE CONFERENCE,

Noting Slovakia's commitment to close Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant at the end of 2006 and 2008 respectively and declaring the Union's willingness to continue to provide financial aid until 2006 in continuation of the pre-accession aid planned under the Phare programme in support of Slovakia's decommissioning effort;

Noting the need to adopt implementing provisions regarding continued Union assistance;

Points out that specific provisions to that end have been included in Title IX of Part Two of the Protocol on the Treaty and Act 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.

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Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe - PART III — THE POLICIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION - TITLE III — INTERNAL POLICIES AND ACTION - CHAPTER II — ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POLICY - Section 2 — Monetary policy - Article III-191



Official Journal 310 , 16/12/2004 P. 0084 - 0084



Article III-191 Without prejudice to the powers of the European Central Bank, European laws or framework laws shall lay down the measures necessary for use of the euro as the single currency. Such laws or framework laws shall be adopted after consultation of the European Central Bank. --------------------------------------------------
Article I-34

Legislative acts

1. European laws and framework laws shall be adopted, on the basis of proposals from the Commission, jointly by the European Parliament and the Council under the ordinary legislative procedure as set out in Article III-396. If the two institutions cannot reach agreement on an act, it shall not be adopted.

2. In the specific cases provided for in the Constitution, European laws and framework laws shall be adopted by the European Parliament with the participation of the Council, or by the latter with the participation of the European Parliament, in accordance with special legislative procedures.

3. In the specific cases provided for in the Constitution, European laws and framework laws may be adopted at the initiative of a group of Member States or of the European Parliament, on a recommendation from the European Central Bank or at the request of the Court of Justice or the European Investment Bank.

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Article III-148

The Member States shall endeavour to undertake liberalisation of services beyond the extent required by the European framework laws adopted pursuant to Article III-147(1), if their general economic situation and the situation of the economic sector concerned so permit.

To this end, the Commission shall make recommendations to the Member States concerned.

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Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe - FINAL ACT - A.Declarations concerning provisions of the Constitution - 21.Declaration on Article III-248



Official Journal 310 , 16/12/2004 P. 0462 - 0462



21. Declaration on Article III-248 The Conference agrees that the Union's action in the area of research and technological development will pay due respect to the fundamental orientations and choices of the research policies of the Member States. --------------------------------------------------
Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe - PART I - TITLE I — DEFINITION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE UNION - Article I-6



Official Journal 310 , 16/12/2004 P. 0012 - 0012



Article I-6 Union law The Constitution and law adopted by the institutions of the Union in exercising competences conferred on it shall have primacy over the law of the Member States. --------------------------------------------------
Article III-254

1. To promote scientific and technical progress, industrial competitiveness and the implementation of its policies, the Union shall draw up a European space policy. To this end, it may promote joint initiatives, support research and technological development and coordinate the efforts needed for the exploration and exploitation of space.

2. To contribute to attaining the objectives referred to in paragraph 1, European laws or framework laws shall establish the necessary measures, which may take the form of a European space programme.

3. The Union shall establish any appropriate relations with the European Space Agency.

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6. Joint declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria on the free movement of workers: Bulgaria and Romania

The wording of point 13 of the transitional measures on the free movement of workers under Directive 96/71/EC in Annexes VI and VII to both the Accession Protocol and the Act of Accession is understood by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria in agreement with the Commission as meaning that "certain regions" may, where appropriate, also comprise the entire national territory.

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Article 25

1. From the date of the accession, Bulgaria and Romania shall pay the following amounts corresponding to their share of the capital paid in for the subscribed capital as defined in Article 4 of the Statute of the European Investment Bank [5]:

Bulgaria | EUR 14800000 |

Romania | EUR 42300000. |

These contributions shall be paid in eight equal instalments falling due on 31 May 2007, 31 May 2008, 31 May 2009, 30 November 2009, 31 May 2010, 30 November 2010, 31 May 2011 and 30 November 2011.

2. Bulgaria and Romania shall contribute, in eight equal instalments falling due on the dates referred to in paragraph 1, to the reserves and provisions equivalent to reserves, as well as to the amount still to be appropriated to the reserves and provisions, comprising the balance of the profit and loss account, established at the end of the month preceding accession, as entered on the balance sheet of the Bank, in amounts corresponding to the following percentages of the reserves and provisions [5]:

Bulgaria | 0,181 % |

Romania | 0,517 %. |

3. The capital and payments provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be paid in by Bulgaria and Romania in cash in euro, save by way of derogation decided unanimously by the Board of Governors.

[5] The figures quoted are indicative and based on the 2003 data published by Eurostat.

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Appendix to Annex V

List of existing aid measures referred to in point 1(b) of the existing aid mechanism provided for in Chapter 2 of Annex V

Note: The aid measures listed in this Appendix are only to be considered as existing aid for the purpose of the existing aid mechanism set out in Chapter 2 of Annex V to the extent that they fall within the scope of its first paragraph.

No. | Title (original) | Date of approval by national State aid monitoring authority | Duration |

MS | Nr | Yr |

BG | 1 | 2004 | Предоговаряне на задълженията към държавата, възникнали по реда на Закона за уреждане на необслужваните кредити, договорени до 31.12.1990 г. със "Силома" АД, гр.Силистра, чрез удължаване на срока на изплащане на главницата за срок от 15 години | 29.7.2004 | 2004-2018 |

BG | 2 | 2004 | Средства за компенсиране от държавния бюджет на доказания от "Български пощи" ЕАД дефицит от изпълнението на универсалната пощенска услуга | 18.11.2004 | 31.12.2010 |

BG | 3 | 2004 | Целево финансиране на дейността на Българската телеграфна агенция- направление "Информационно обслужване" | 16.12.2003 | 31.12.2010 |

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A. AIR QUALITY

31994 L 0063: European Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC of 20 December 1994 on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations (OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 24), as amended by:

- 32003 R 1882: Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29.9.2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

1. By way of derogation from Article 3 and Annex I to Directive 94/63/EC, the requirements for existing storage installations at terminals shall not apply in Romania:

- until 31 December 2007 for 115 storage installations at 12 terminals and until 31 December 2008 for 4 storage installations at 1 terminal with a throughput loaded greater than 25000 tonnes/year but less than or equal to 50000 tonnes/year;

- until 31 December 2007 for 138 storage installations at 13 terminals, until 31 December 2008 for 57 storage installations at 10 terminals and until 31 December 2009 for 526 storage installations at 63 terminals with a throughput loaded less than or equal to 25000 tonnes/year.

2. By way of derogation from Article 4 and Annex II to Directive 94/63/EC, the requirements for loading and unloading of existing mobile containers at terminals shall not apply in Romania:

- until 31 December 2007 to 36 loading and unloading installations at 12 terminals with a throughput greater than 25000 tonnes/year but less than or equal to 150000 tonnes/year;

- until 31 December 2007 to 82 loading and unloading installations at 18 terminals, until 31 December 2008 to 14 loading and unloading installations at 11 terminals and until 31 December 2009 to 114 loading and unloading installations at 58 terminals with a throughput less than or equal to 25000 tonnes/year.

3. By way of derogation from Article 5 of Directive 94/63/EC, the requirements for existing mobile containers at terminals shall not apply in Romania:

- until 31 December 2007 to 31 road tankers;

- until 31 December 2008 to a further 101 road tankers;

- until 31 December 2009 to a further 432 road tankers.

4. By way of derogation from Article 6 and Annex III to Directive 94/63/EC, the requirements for loading into existing storage installations at service stations shall not apply in Romania:

- until 31 December 2007 to 116 service stations, until 31 December 2008 to a further 19 service stations and until 31 December 2009 to a further 106 service stations with a throughput greater than 1000 m3/year;

- until 31 December 2007 to 49 service stations, until 31 December 2008 to a further 11 service stations and until 31 December 2009 to a further 85 service stations with a throughput greater than 500 m3/year but less than or equal to 1000 m3/year;

- until 31 December 2007 to 23 service stations, until 31 December 2008 to a further 14 service stations and until 31 December 2009 to a further 188 service stations with a throughput less than or equal to 500 m3/year.

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8. ENERGY

31968 L 0414: Council Directive 68/414/EEC of 20 December 1968 imposing an obligation on Member States of the EEC to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products (OJ L 308, 23.12.1968, p. 14), as last amended by:

- 31998 L 0093: Council Directive 98/93/EC of 14.12.1998 (OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 100).

By way of derogation from Article 1(1) of Directive 68/414/EEC, the minimum level of stocks of petroleum products shall not apply in Romania until 31 December 2011. Romania shall ensure that its minimum level of stocks of petroleum products corresponds, for each of the categories of petroleum products listed in Article 2, to at least the following number of days' average daily internal consumption as defined in Article 1(1):

- 68,75 days by 1 January 2007;

- 73 days by 31 December 2007;

- 77,25 days by 31 December 2008;

- 81,5 days by 31 December 2009;

- 85,45 days by 31 December 2010;

- 90 days by 31 December 2011.

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12005SP020

Protocol concerning the conditions and arrangements for admission of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union - PART FOUR:TEMPORARY PROVISIONS - TITLE I:TRANSITIONAL MEASURES - Article 20



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0035 - 0035
Article 60

The Government of the Italian Republic shall remit to the Governments of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania 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, the Treaty concerning the accession of the Hellenic Republic, the Treaty concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic, the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Treaty 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 in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages.

The texts of those Treaties, drawn up in the Bulgarian and Romanian 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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12005SP009

Protocol concerning the conditions and arrangements for admission of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union - PART ONE:PRINCIPLES - Article 9



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0032 - 0032
12005SA049

Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - PART FIVE:PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT - TITLE I:SETTING UP OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES - Article 49



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0218 - 0218
Article 28

1. Measures which on the date of accession have been the subject of decisions on assistance under Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession and the implementation of which has not been completed by that date shall be considered to have been approved by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 of 16 May 1994 establishing a Cohesion Fund [13]. Amounts which still have to be committed for the purpose of implementing such measures shall be committed under the Regulation relating to the Cohesion Fund in force at the date of accession and allocated to the chapter corresponding to that Regulation under the general budget of the European Communities. Unless stated otherwise in paragraphs 2 to 5, the provisions governing the implementation of measures approved pursuant to the latter Regulation shall apply to those measures.

2. Any procurement procedure relating to a measure referred to in paragraph 1 which on the date of accession has already been the subject of an invitation to tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union shall be implemented in accordance with the rules laid down in that invitation to tender. However, the provisions contained in Article 165 of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities shall not apply. Any procurement procedure relating to a measure referred to in paragraph 1 which has not yet been the subject of an invitation to tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union shall be in keeping with the provisions of the Treaties, with the instruments adopted pursuant thereto and with Community policies, including those concerning environmental protection, transport, trans-European networks, competition and the award of public contracts.

3. Payments made by the Commission under a measure referred to in paragraph 1 shall be posted to the earliest open commitment made in the first instance pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999, and then pursuant to the Regulation relating to the Cohesion Fund then in force.

4. For the measures referred to in paragraph 1, the rules governing the eligibility of expenditure pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 shall remain applicable, except in duly justified cases to be decided on by the Commission at the request of the Member State concerned.

5. The Commission may decide, in exceptional and duly justified cases, to authorise specific exemptions from the rules applicable pursuant to the Regulation relating to the Cohesion Fund in force at the date of accession for the measures referred to in paragraph 1.

[13] OJ L 130, 25.5.1994. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33).

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12005SP057

Protocol concerning the conditions and arrangements for admission of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union - PART FIVE:PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROTOCOL - TITLE II:APPLICABILITY OF THE ACTS OF THE INSTITUTIONS - Article 57



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0044 - 0044
8. ENERGY

31968 L 0414: Council Directive 68/414/EEC of 20 December 1968 imposing an obligation on Member States of the EEC to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products (OJ L 308, 23.12.1968, p. 14), as last amended by:

- 31998 L 0093: Council Directive 98/93/EC of 14.12.1998 (OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 100).

By way of derogation from Article 1(1) of Directive 68/414/EEC, the minimum level of stocks of petroleum products shall not apply in Bulgaria until 31 December 2012. Bulgaria shall ensure that its minimum level of stocks of petroleum products corresponds, for each of the categories of petroleum products listed in Article 2, to at least the following number of days' average daily internal consumption as defined in Article 1(1):

- 30 days by 1 January 2007;

- 40 days by 31 December 2007;

- 50 days by 31 December 2008;

- 60 days by 31 December 2009;

- 70 days by 31 December 2010;

- 80 days by 31 December 2011;

- 90 days by 31 December 2012.

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Article 41

If transitional measures are necessary to facilitate the transition from the existing regime in Bulgaria and Romania to that resulting from the application of the common agricultural policy under the conditions set out in this Act, such measures shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals [18] or, as appropriate, in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets or the relevant procedure as determined in the applicable legislation. The transitional measures referred to in this Article may be adopted during a period of three years following the date of accession and their application shall be limited to that period. The Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may extend this period.

The transitional measures relating to implementation of the instruments concerning the common agricultural policy not specified in this Act which are required as a result of accession shall be adopted prior to the date of accession by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission or, where they affect instruments initially adopted by the Commission, they shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure required for adopting the instruments in question.

[18] OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.

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12005SP050

Protocol concerning the conditions and arrangements for admission of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union - PART FIVE:PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROTOCOL - TITLE I:SETTING UP OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES - Article 50



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0043 - 0043
Protocol concerning the conditions and arrangements for admission of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union - PART FIVE:PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROTOCOL - TITLE II:APPLICABILITY OF THE ACTS OF THE INSTITUTIONS - Article 55



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0044 - 0044



Article 55 At the duly substantiated request of Bulgaria or Romania submitted to the Commission no later than the date of accession, the Council acting on a proposal from the Commission, or the Commission, if the original act was adopted by the Commission, may adopt European regulations or decisions establishing temporary derogations from acts of the institutions adopted between 1 October 2004 and the date of accession. The measures shall be adopted according to the voting rules governing the adoption of the act from which a temporary derogation is sought. Where these derogations are adopted after accession they may be applied as from the date of accession. --------------------------------------------------