EN Official Journal of the European Union L 215/3

PROTOCOL

amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Republic of Moldova, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

IRELAND,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

HUNGARY,

THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

ROMANIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

being parties to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and being Member States of the European Union (hereinafter ‘the Member States’), and

THE EUROPEAN UNION,

of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,

of the other part,

HAVING REGARD to the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Republic of Croatia is a Party to the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Republic of Moldova (1), signed on 26 June 2012 (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’).

Article 2

The text of the Agreement in the Croatian language (2) shall be authentic under the same conditions as the other language versions.

Article 3

1. This Protocol shall be approved by the Parties in accordance with their own procedures. It shall enter into force on the date of entry into force of the Agreement. However, should this Protocol be approved by the Parties after the date of entry into force of the Agreement, it would then enter into force, in accordance with Article 29(1) of the Agreement, one month after the date of the last note in an exchange of diplomatic notes between the Parties confirming that all necessary procedures for the entry into force of this Protocol have been completed.

2. This Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the signing thereof by the Parties.

Done at Brussels, on 22 July 2015, in duplicate, in each of the official languages of the Parties, each text being equally authentic. За държавите-членки Por 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 Za države članice 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 För medlemsstaterna Pentru statele membre За Европейския съюз Рог la Unión Europea Za Evropskou unii For Den Europæiske Union Für die Europäische Union Euroopa Liidu nimel Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση For the European Union Pour l'Union européenne Za Europsku uniju Per l'Unione europea Eiropas Savienības vārdā – Europos Sąjungos vardu Az Európai Unió részéről Għall-Unjoni Ewropea Voor de Europese Unie W imieniu Unii Europejskiej Pela União Europeia Pentru Uniunea Europeană Za Európsku úniu Za Evropsko unijo Euroopan unionin puolesta För Europeiska unionen Pentru Uniunea Europeană 3a Република Молдова Por la República de Moldavia Za Moldavskou republiku For Republikken Moldova Für die Republik Moldau Moldova Vabariigi nimel Για τη Δημοκρατία της Μολδαβίας For the Republic of Moldova Pour la République de Moldavie Za Republiku Moldovu Per la Repubblica moldova Moldovas Republikas vārdā – Moldovos Respublikos vardu A Moldovai Köztársaság részéről Għar-Repubblika tal-Moldova Voor de Republiek Moldavië W imieniu Republiki Mołdawii Pela República da Moldova Pentru Republica Moldova Za Moldavskú republiku Za Republiko Moldavijo Moldovan tasavallan puolesta För Republiken Moldavien Pentru Republica Moldova

(1) The text of the Agreement is published in OJ L 292, 20.10.2012, p. 3.

(2) Special edition in Croatian, Chapter 11 Volume 102, p. 197.