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Article III-293

1. On the basis of the principles and objectives set out in Article III-292, the European Council shall identify the strategic interests and objectives of the Union.

European decisions of the European Council on the strategic interests and objectives of the Union shall relate to the common foreign and security policy and to other areas of the external action of the Union. Such decisions may concern the relations of the Union with a specific country or region or may be thematic in approach. They shall define their duration, and the means to be made available by the Union and the Member States.

The European Council shall act unanimously on a recommendation from the Council, adopted by the latter under the arrangements laid down for each area. European decisions of the European Council shall be implemented in accordance with the procedures provided for in the Constitution.

2. The Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the area of common foreign and security policy, and the Commission, for other areas of external action, may submit joint proposals to the Council.

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Final Act - II.Declarations - A.Joint Declarations by the present Member States - 3.Joint Declaration on the free movement of workers: Romania



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0391 - 0391



3. Joint declaration on the free movement of workers: Romania The European Union stresses the strong elements of differentiation and flexibility in the arrangement for the free movement of workers. Member States shall endeavour to grant increased labour market access to Romanian nationals under national law, with a view to speeding up the approximation to the acquis. As a consequence, the employment opportunities in the European Union for Romanian nationals should improve substantially upon Romania's accession. Moreover, the EU Member States will make best use of the proposed arrangement to move as quickly as possible to the full application of the acquis in the area of free movement of workers. --------------------------------------------------
7. Declaration by the Republic of Bulgaria on the use of the cyrillic alphabet in the European Union

With the recognition of Bulgarian as an authentic language of the Treaties as well as an official and working language to be used by the institutions of the European Union, the Cyrillic alphabet will become one of the three alphabets officially used in the European Union. This substantial part of the cultural heritage of Europe represents a particular Bulgarian contribution to the linguistic and cultural diversity of the Union.

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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 II:APPLICABILITY OF THE ACTS OF THE INSTITUTIONS - Article 55



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0219 - 0219



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 take measures consisting of 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. --------------------------------------------------
Article 31

1. For the first year of accession, the Union shall provide temporary financial assistance, hereinafter referred to as the "Transition Facility", to Bulgaria and Romania to develop and strengthen their administrative and judicial capacity to implement and enforce Community legislation and to foster exchange of best practice among peers. This assistance shall fund institution-building projects and limited small-scale investments ancillary thereto.

2. Assistance shall address the continued need for strengthening institutional capacity in certain areas through action which cannot be financed by the Structural Funds or by the Rural Development funds.

3. For twinning projects between public administrations for the purpose of institution building, the procedure for call for proposals through the network of contact points in the Member States shall continue to apply, as established in the Framework Agreements with the Member States for the purpose of pre-accession assistance.

The commitment appropriations for the Transition Facility, at 2004 prices, for Bulgaria and Romania, shall be EUR 82 million in the first year after accession to address national and horizontal priorities. The appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

4. Assistance under the Transition Facility shall be decided and implemented in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 on economic aid to certain countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

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Article 36

1. If, until the end of a period of up to three years after accession, difficulties arise which are serious and liable to persist in any sector of the economy or which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of a given area, Bulgaria or Romania may apply for authorisation to take protective measures in order to rectify the situation and adjust the sector concerned to the economy of the internal market.

In the same circumstances, any present Member State may apply for authorisation to take protective measures with regard to Bulgaria, Romania, or both those States.

2. Upon request by the State concerned, the Commission shall, by emergency procedure, adopt the European regulations or decisions establishing the protective measures which it considers necessary, specifying the conditions and modalities under which they are to be put into effect.

In the event of serious economic difficulties and at the express request of the Member State concerned, the Commission shall act within five working days of the receipt of the request accompanied by the relevant background information. The measures thus decided on shall be applicable forthwith, shall take account of the interest of all parties concerned and shall not entail frontier controls.

3. The measures authorised under paragraph 2 may involve derogations from the rules of the Constitution and in particular from this Protocol to such an extent and for such periods as are strictly necessary in order to attain the objectives referred to in paragraph 1. Priority shall be given to such measures as will least disturb the functioning of the internal market.

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1. COMPANY LAW

Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, Part III, Title III, Chapter I, Section 3, Free movement of goods

SPECIFIC MECHANISM

With regard to Bulgaria or Romania, the holder, or his beneficiary, of a patent or supplementary protection certificate for a pharmaceutical product filed in a Member State at a time when such protection could not be obtained in one of the abovementioned new Member States for that product, may rely on the rights granted by that patent or supplementary protection certificate in order to prevent the import and marketing of that product in the Member State or States where the product in question enjoys patent protection or supplementary protection, even if the product was put on the market in that new Member State for the first time by him or with his consent.

Any person intending to import or market a pharmaceutical product covered by the above paragraph in a Member State where the product enjoys patent or supplementary protection shall demonstrate to the competent authorities in the application regarding that import that one month's prior notification has been given to the holder or beneficiary of such protection.

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Article 18

1. The second paragraph of Article 314 of the EC Treaty shall be replaced by the following:

"Pursuant to the Accession Treaties, the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish versions of this Treaty shall also be authentic."

2. The second paragraph of Article 225 of the EAEC Treaty shall be replaced by the following:

"Pursuant to the Accession Treaties, the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish versions of this Treaty shall also be authentic."

3. The second paragraph of Article 53 of the EU Treaty shall be replaced by the following:

"Pursuant to the Accession Treaties, the Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian and Swedish versions of this Treaty shall also be authentic."

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12005SP061

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 III:FINAL PROVISIONS - Article 61



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0045 - 0045
12005SAN04/B

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 - Annex IV:List referred to in Article 20 of the Act of Accession: supplementary adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions - Agriculture - B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0267 - 0267
2. FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES

31997 L 0009: Directive 97/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 March 1997 on investor-compensation schemes (OJ L 84, 26.3.1997, p. 22).

By way of derogation from Article 4(1) of Directive 97/9/EC, the minimum level of compensation shall not apply in Bulgaria until 31 December 2009. Bulgaria shall ensure that its investor–compensation scheme provides for cover of not less than EUR 12000 from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2007 and of not less than EUR 15000 from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2009.

During the transitional period the other Member States will retain the right to prevent a branch of a Bulgarian investment firm established on their territories from operating unless and until such a branch has joined an officially recognised investor-compensation scheme within the territory of the Member State concerned in order to cover the difference between the Bulgarian level of compensation and the minimum level referred to in Article 4(1) of Directive 97/9/EC.

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Article 5

The text of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe drawn up in the Bulgarian and Romanian languages shall be annexed to this Treaty. Those texts shall be authentic under the same conditions as the texts of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe drawn up 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 Government of the Italian Republic shall remit to the Governments of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania a certified copy of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in all the languages referred to in the first paragraph.

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Article 34

1. In addition to the regulations concerning rural development in force on the date of accession, the provisions laid down in Sections I to III of Annex VIII shall apply to Bulgaria and Romania for the period 2007-2009 and the specific financial provisions laid down in Section IV of Annex VIII shall apply to Bulgaria and Romania throughout the programming period 2007-2013.

2. Without prejudice to future policy decisions, commitment appropriations from the EAGGF Guarantee Section for rural development for Bulgaria and Romania over the three-year period 2007-2009 shall amount to EUR 3041 million (2004 prices).

3. Implementing rules, where necessary, for the application of the provisions of Annex VIII shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 50(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.

4. The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, and after consulting the European Parliament, shall make any adaptations to the provisions of Annex VIII where necessary to ensure coherence with the regulations concerning rural development.

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Article 10

1. Article 9, first paragraph, of Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, annexed to the Constitution and the EAEC Treaty, shall be replaced by the following:

"When, every three years, the Judges are partially replaced, fourteen and thirteen Judges shall be replaced alternately.".

2. Article 48 of Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, annexed to the Constitution and the EAEC Treaty, shall be replaced by the following:

"Article 48

The General Court shall consist of twenty‐seven Judges.".

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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 FOUR:TEMPORARY PROVISIONS - TITLE III:FINANCIAL PROVISIONS - Article 26



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0212 - 0212



Article 26 1. Bulgaria and Romania shall pay the following amounts to the Research Fund for Coal and Steel referred to in Decision 2002/234/ECSC of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 27 February 2002 on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel [6]: (EUR million, current prices) | Bulgaria | 11,95 | Romania | 29,88. | 2. The contributions to the Research Fund for Coal and Steel shall be made in four instalments starting in 2009 and paid as follows, in each case on the first working day of the first month of each year: 2009: 15 % 2010: 20 % 2011: 30 % 2012: 35 %. [6] OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 42. --------------------------------------------------
12005SA044

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 44



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0218 - 0218
12005SA008

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 ONE:PRINCIPLES - Article 8



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0206 - 0206
12005SP035

Protocol concerning the conditions and arrangements for admission of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union - PART FOUR:TEMPORARY PROVISIONS - TITLE III:FINANCIAL PROVISIONS - Article 35



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0040 - 0040
12005S/TTE/03

Treaty between 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 (Member States of the European Union) and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union - Article 3



Official Journal L 157 , 21/06/2005 P. 0018 - 0018
37. Declaration on Article 188 R of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Without prejudice to the measures adopted by the Union to comply with its solidarity obligation towards a Member State which is the object of a terrorist attack or the victim of natural or man-made disaster, none of the provisions of Article 188 R is intended to affect the right of another Member State to choose the most appropriate means to comply with its own solidarity obligation towards that Member State.

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36. Declaration on Article 188 N of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements by Member States relating to the area of freedom, security and justice

The Conference confirms that Member States may negotiate and conclude agreements with third countries or international organisations in the areas covered by Chapters 3, 4 and 5 of Title IV of Part Three insofar as such agreements comply with Union law.

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23. Declaration on the second paragraph of Article 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

The Conference recalls that in that case, in accordance with Article 9 B(4) of the Treaty on European Union, the European Council acts by consensus.

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Protocol

ON THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 9C(4) OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND ARTICLE 205(2) OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONNING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION BETWEEN 1 NOVEMBER 2014 AND 31 MARCH 2017 ON THE ONE HAND, AND AS FROM 1 APRIL 2017 ON THE OTHER

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the fundamental importance that agreeing on the Decision of the Council relating to the implementation of Article 9 C(4) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 205(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union between 1 November 2014 and 31 March 2017 on the one hand, and as from 1 April 2017 on the other (hereinafter "the Decision"), had when approving the Treaty of Lisbon,

HAVE AGREED UPON the following provisions, which shall be annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union:

Sole Article

Before the examination by the Council of any draft which would aim either at amending or abrogating the Decision or any of its provisions, or at modifying indirectly its scope or its meaning through the modification of another legal act of the Union, the European Council shall hold a preliminary deliberation on the said draft, acting by consensus in accordance with Article 9 B(4) of the Treaty on European Union.

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48. Declaration concerning the Protocol on the position of Denmark

The Conference notes that with respect to legal acts to be adopted by the Council acting alone or jointly with the European Parliament and containing provisions applicable to Denmark as well as provisions not applicable to Denmark because they have a legal basis to which Part I of the Protocol on the position of Denmark applies, Denmark declares that it will not use its voting right to prevent the adoption of the provisions which are not applicable to Denmark.

Furthermore, the Conference notes that on the basis of the Declaration by the Conference on Article 188 R, Denmark declares that Danish participation in actions or legal acts pursuant to Article 188 R will take place in accordance with Part I and Part II of the Protocol on the position of Denmark.

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19. Declaration on Article 3 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

The Conference agrees that, in its general efforts to eliminate inequalities between women and men, the Union will aim in its different policies to combat all kinds of domestic violence. The Member States should take all necessary measures to prevent and punish these criminal acts and to support and protect the victims.

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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 81/1

PROCÈS-VERBAL OF RECTIFICATION

to the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, signed at Lisbon on 13 December 2007

( Official Journal of the European Union C 306 of 17 December 2007 )

2010/C 81/01

This rectification has been carried out by means of a procès-verbal of rectification signed at Rome on 23 March 2010 with the Government of the Italian Republic as depository.

1. Amendments to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community

a) Page 28, Article 1, point 33(a)

For:

‘… and the words “submit proposals to the Council” shall be replaced by “submit to it initiatives or proposals as appropriate”;’

Read:

‘… and the words “submit proposals to the Council” shall be replaced by “submit to it, respectively, initiatives or proposals”;’

b) Page 31, Article 1, point 40

For:

‘(b) in the second paragraph, first sentence, the words “and to the High Representative” shall be inserted at the end; … ’

Read:

‘(b) in the second paragraph, the first sentence shall be replaced by “The European Parliament may address questions or make recommendations to the Council or the High Representative.”; …’

c) Page 101, Article 2, point 179(c)

For:

‘(c) in paragraph 5, renumbered 2, the words “, acting by means of regulations on its own initiative in accordance with a special legislative procedure” shall be inserted after “The European Parliament”.’

Read:

‘(c) in paragraph 5, renumbered 2, the words “, acting by means of regulations on its own initiative in accordance with a special legislative procedure” shall be inserted after “The European Parliament”, and the word “approval” shall be replaced by “consent”.’

d) Page 102, Article 2, point 183(d)

For:

‘(d) in paragraph 4, the words “acting by means of regulations on its own initiative in accordance with a special legislative procedure” shall be inserted after “The European Parliament”.’

Read:

‘(d) in paragraph 4, the words “acting by means of regulations on its own initiative in accordance with a special legislative procedure” shall be inserted after “The European Parliament”, and the word “approval” shall be replaced by “consent”.’

2. Protocols to be annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon Protocol No. 1

Page 180, Article 1, point 14 (amending the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union)

The following point shall be inserted after point (f):
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 326/1

DECLARATIONS

ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE WHICH ADOPTED THE TREATY OF LISBON,

signed on 13 December 2007

A. DECLARATIONS CONCERNING PROVISIONS OF THE TREATIES

25. Declaration on Articles 75 and 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

The Conference recalls that the respect for fundamental rights and freedoms implies, in particular, that proper attention is given to the protection and observance of the due process rights of the individuals or entities concerned. For this purpose and in order to guarantee a thorough judicial review of decisions subjecting an individual or entity to restrictive measures, such decisions must be based on clear and distinct criteria. These criteria should be tailored to the specifics of each restrictive measure.