EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/20

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of Protocols amending the Agreements on certain aspects of air services between the European Community and, respectively, the Government of Georgia, the Republic of Lebanon, the Republic of Maldives, the Republic of Moldova, the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania

(2008/224/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania each signed a bilateral agreement concerning air services with Georgia on 19 January 1995 and on 26 March 1996, respectively.

(2) The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Georgia on certain aspects of air services (2) was signed in Brussels on 3 May 2006.

(3) The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania each signed a bilateral agreement concerning air services with the Republic of Lebanon on 17 February 1967 and 25 February 1967, respectively.

(4) The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services (3) was signed in Beirut on 7 July 2006.

(5) The Republic of Bulgaria signed a bilateral agreement concerning air services with the Republic of Maldives on 13 August 2006 in Male.

(6) The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services (4) was signed in Brussels on 21 September 2006.

(7) The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania each signed a bilateral agreement concerning air services with the Republic of Moldova on 17 April 1996 and 28 June 1993, respectively.

(8) The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services (5) was signed in Brussels on 11 April 2006.

(9) The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania each signed a bilateral agreement concerning air services with the Republic of Singapore on 28 November 1969 and 11 January 1978, respectively.

(10) The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services (6) was signed in Luxembourg on 9 June 2006.

(11) Romania signed a bilateral agreement concerning air services with the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on 31 May 1996 in Bucharest.

(12) The Agreement between the European Community and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services (7) was signed in Montevideo on 3 November 2006.

(13) The 2005 Accession Treaty was signed in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 and entered into force on 1 January 2007.

(14) A Protocol amending Annexes I and II to each of the abovementioned agreements between the European Community and the respective states is necessary to take account of the accession of the two new Member States.

(15) Negotiations are based on the negotiating mandate granted by the Council to the Commission on 5 June 2003.

(16) Consequently, the Protocols should be concluded on behalf of the Community,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following Protocols are hereby approved on behalf of the Community:

— Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Georgia on certain aspects of air services,

— Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services,

— Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services,

— Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services,

— Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services,

— Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services.

The text of the Protocols is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, give the notification provided for in Article 3 of each of the Protocols.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008. For the Council The President D. RUPEL

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 11 December 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 24.

(3) OJ L 215, 5.8.2006, p. 17.

(4) OJ L 286, 17.10.2006, p. 20.

(5) OJ L 126, 13.5.2006, p. 24.

(6) OJ L 243, 6.9.2006, p. 22.

(7) OJ L 330, 28.11.2006, p. 19.

EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/22

PROTOCOL

amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Georgia on certain aspects of air services

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA,

of the other part,

(hereinafter referred to as the Parties),

HAVING REGARD to the Agreements between the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and Georgia, signed on 19 January 1995 at Sofia and 26 March 1996 at Tbilisi, respectively,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Georgia on certain aspects of air services, signed in Brussels on 3 May 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the horizontal agreement),

CONSIDERING the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union and therefore to the Community on 1 January 2007,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex I, point (a) of the horizontal agreement after the entry concerning Austria and the Netherlands, respectively:

‘— Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Government of the Republic of Georgia concerning air services, done at Sofia on 19 January 1995, hereinafter referred to as the “Georgia-Bulgaria Agreement” in Annex II;’;

‘— Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of Georgia concerning air services, done at Tbilisi on 26 March 1996, hereinafter referred to as the “Georgia-Romania Agreement” in Annex II;’.

Article 2

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex II to the horizontal agreement after the entries concerning the ‘Georgia-Belgium Agreement’ and the ‘Georgia-Poland Agreement’, respectively:

(a) at point (a) ‘Designation by a Member State’: ‘— Article 3, paragraph 5, of the Georgia-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 3 of the Georgia-Romania Agreement;’;

(b) at point (b) ‘Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions’: ‘— Article 4, paragraph 1(a), of the Georgia-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 4, paragraph 1(a), of the Georgia-Romania Agreement;’;

(c) at point (d) ‘Taxation of aviation fuel’: ‘— Article 5 of the Georgia-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 9 of the Georgia-Romania Agreement;’;

(d) at point (e) ‘Tariffs for carriage within the European Community’: ‘— Article 6 of the Georgia-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 8 of the Georgia-Romania Agreement;’.

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force when the Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have been completed.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be drawn up in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Georgian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/24

PROTOCOL

amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON,

of the other part,

(hereinafter referred to as the Parties),

HAVING REGARD to the Agreements between the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and the Republic of Lebanon, signed on 17 February 1967 in Beirut and on 25 February 1967 in Beirut, respectively,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services, signed in Beirut on 7 July 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the horizontal agreement),

CONSIDERING the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union and therefore to the Community on 1 January 2007,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex I, point (a) of the horizontal agreement after the entry concerning Belgium and Poland, respectively:

‘— Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Government of the Republic of Lebanon concerning air services, done at Beirut on 17 February 1967 (hereinafter referred to as the Lebanon-Bulgaria Agreement);’;

‘— Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Lebanon concerning air services, done at Beirut on 25 February 1967 (hereinafter referred to as the Lebanon-Romania Agreement);’.

Article 2

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex II to the horizontal agreement after the entries concerning the ‘Lebanon-Belgium Agreement’ and the ‘Lebanon-Poland Agreement’, respectively:

(a) at point (a) ‘Designation by a Member State’: ‘— Article 3 of the Lebanon-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 3 of the Lebanon-Romania Agreement;’;

(b) at point (b) ‘Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions’: ‘— Article 3 of the Lebanon-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 3 of the Lebanon-Romania Agreement;’;

(c) at point (d) ‘Taxation of aviation fuel’: ‘— Article 6 of the Lebanon-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 8 of the Lebanon-Romania Agreement;’;

(d) at point (e) ‘Tariffs for carriage within the European Community’: ‘— Article 10 of the Lebanon-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 9 of the Lebanon-Romania Agreement;’.

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force when the Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have been completed.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be drawn up in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Arabic languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/26

PROTOCOL

amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES,

of the other part,

(hereinafter referred to as the Parties),

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Maldives, signed on 13 August 1996 in Male,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services, signed in Brussels on 21 September 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the horizontal agreement),

CONSIDERING the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union and therefore to the Community on 1 January 2007,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be inserted in Annex I, point (a) of the horizontal agreement after the entry concerning Austria:

‘— Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Government of the Republic of Maldives concerning air services, done at Male on 13 August 2006, hereinafter referred to as the “Maldives-Bulgaria Agreement” in Annex II;’.

Article 2

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex II to the horizontal agreement after the entry concerning the ‘Maldives-Austria Agreement’:

(a) at point (a) ‘Designation by a Member State’: ‘— Article 3(1), of the Maldives-Bulgaria Agreement;’;

(b) at point (b) ‘Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions’: ‘— Article 4(1)(a) of the Maldives-Bulgaria Agreement;’;

(c) at point (d) ‘Taxation of aviation fuel’: ‘— Article 7 of the Maldives-Bulgaria Agreement;’;

(d) at point (e) ‘Tariffs for carriage within the European Community’: ‘— Article 9 of the Maldives-Bulgaria Agreement;’.

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force when the Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have been completed.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be drawn up in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Maldivian Dhivehi languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/29

PROTOCOL

amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE,

of the other part,

(hereinafter referred to as the Parties),

HAVING REGARD to the Agreements between the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and the Government of the Republic of Singapore, signed on 28 November 1969 at Singapore and on 11 January 1978 at Singapore, respectively,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services, signed in Luxembourg on 9 June 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the horizontal agreement),

CONSIDERING the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, and therefore to the Community, on 1 January 2007,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex I, point (a) of the horizontal agreement after the entry concerning Belgium and Portugal, respectively:

‘— Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria for air services between and beyond their respective territories, done at Singapore on 28 November 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the Singapore-Bulgaria Agreement);’;

‘— Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Singapore concerning air services, done at Singapore on 11 January 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the Singapore-Romania Agreement);’.

Article 2

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex II to the horizontal agreement after the entries concerning the ‘Singapore-Belgium Agreement’ and the ‘Singapore-Portugal Agreement’, respectively:

(a) at point (a) ‘Designation by a Member State’: ‘— Article 3 of the Singapore-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 3 of the Singapore-Romania Agreement;’;

(b) at point (b) ‘Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions’: ‘— Article 3 of the Singapore-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 3 of the Singapore-Romania Agreement;’;

(c) at point (d) ‘Tariffs for carriage within the European Community’: ‘— Article 8 of the Singapore-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 9 of the Singapore-Romania Agreement;’.

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force when the Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have been completed.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be drawn up 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. In case of any dispute the English text shall prevail over the other language texts.

EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/31

PROTOCOL

amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE EASTERN REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY,

of the other part,

(hereinafter referred to as the Parties),

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between Romania and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, signed on 31 May 1996 in Bucharest,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Community and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services, signed in Montevideo on 3 November 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the horizontal agreement),

CONSIDERING the accession of Romania to the European Union, and therefore to the Community, on 1 January 2007,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be inserted in Annex I, point (a) of the horizontal agreement after the entry concerning Portugal:

‘— Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay concerning air services, done at Bucharest on 31 May 1996, hereinafter referred to as the “Uruguay-Romania Agreement” in Annex II;’.

Article 2

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex II to the horizontal agreement after the entries concerning the ‘Uruguay-Portugal Agreement’:

(a) at point (a) ‘Designation’: ‘— Article 3 of the Uruguay-Romania Agreement;’;

(b) at point (b) ‘Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions’: ‘— Article 4(1) of the Uruguay-Romania Agreement;’;

(c) at point (d) ‘Taxation of aviation fuel’: ‘— Article 9 of the Uruguay-Romania Agreement;’;

(d) at point (e) ‘Tariffs for carriage within the European Community’: ‘— Article 8 of the Uruguay-Romania Agreement;’.

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force when the Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have been completed.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be drawn up 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. In case of divergence the Spanish text shall prevail over the other language texts.

EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/27

PROTOCOL

amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,

of the other part,

(hereinafter referred to as the Parties),

HAVING REGARD to the Agreements between the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and the Republic of Moldova, signed on 17 April 1996 at Sofia and on 28 June 1993 at Chisinau, respectively,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services, signed in Brussels on 11 April 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the horizontal agreement),

CONSIDERING the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, and therefore to the Community, on 1 January 2007,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex I, point (a) of the horizontal agreement after the entry concerning Austria and Poland, respectively:

‘— Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Government of the Republic of Moldova concerning air services between their territories and beyond, signed at Sofia on 17 April 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the “Moldova-Bulgaria Agreement”);’;

‘— Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Moldova concerning air services, signed at Chisinau on 28 June 1993, as amended by the Additional Protocol signed at Bucharest on 31 January 2003, as last amended by the exchange of notes dated 5 May 2004 and, respectively, 12 May 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the “Moldova-Romania Agreement”);’.

Article 2

The following indents shall be inserted in Annex II to the horizontal agreement after the entries concerning the ‘Moldova-Austria Agreement’ and the ‘Moldova-Poland Agreement’, respectively:

(a) at point (a) ‘Designation by a Member State’: ‘— Article 3(5) of the Moldova-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 3 of the Moldova-Romania Agreement;’;

(b) at point (b) ‘Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions’: ‘— Article 4(1)(a) of the Moldova-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 4(1)(a) of the Moldova-Romania Agreement;’;

(c) at point (d) ‘Taxation of aviation fuel’: ‘— Article 7 of the Moldova-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 9 of the Moldova-Romania Agreement;’;

(d) at point (e) ‘Tariffs for carriage within the European Community’: ‘— Article 9 of the Moldova-Bulgaria Agreement;’; ‘— Article 8 of the Moldova-Romania Agreement;’.

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force when the Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have been completed.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be drawn up in the official languages of the Parties, each of these texts being equally authentic.