EN Official Journal of the European Union L 325/83

COUNCIL DECISION

of 19 November 2007

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, following their accession to the European Union

(2007/810/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 133 and 308, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the 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, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) Following the authorisation given to the Commission on 25 April 2006, negotiations with the Republic of San Marino on a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, following their accession to the European Union have been concluded.

(2) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of the 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, the Commission has submitted a draft of the Protocol to the Council.

(3) The Protocol should be concluded,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, following their accession to the European Union (‘Protocol’), is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community and its Member States.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the Community and its Member States.

Article 3

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, transmit the instruments of approval provided for in Article 4 of the Protocol.

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2007. For the Council The President L. AMADO

EN Official Journal of the European Union L 325/84

PROTOCOL

to the agreement on cooperation and customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, following their accession to the European Union

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 ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

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, AND

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

(THE MEMBER STATES)

represented by the Council of the European Union,

and

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

also represented by the Council of the European Union,

of the one part,

and

THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO,

of the other part,

HAVING REGARD TO the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino of 16 December 1991 (‘the Agreement’), which entered into force on 1 April 2002,

HAVING REGARD TO the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (‘the new Member States’) to the European Union on 1 January 2007,

WHEREAS the new Member States are to become contracting parties to the Agreement,

WHEREAS the Treaty of Accession empowers the Council of the European Union to conclude, on behalf of the present Member States and the new Member States, a protocol on the accession of the new Member States to the Agreement,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The new Member States hereby become contacting parties to the Agreement.

Article 2

The title of the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

Article 3

This Protocol shall be an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

1. This Protocol shall be approved by the Council of the European Union, on behalf of the Member States and the European Community, and by the Republic of San Marino in accordance with their own procedures.

2. The Parties shall notify each other of the completion of these procedures. The instruments of approval shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

Article 5

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of deposit of the last instrument of approval.

Article 6

The texts of the Agreement and the Declarations annexed to it, are drawn up in the Bulgarian and Romanian languages (1).

They are attached to this Protocol and are equally authentic with the texts in the other languages in which the Agreement and the Declarations annexed to it are drawn up.

Article 7

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate, 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, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Съставено в Брюксел на двадесети ноември две хиляди и седма година. Hecho en Bruselas, el veinte de noviembre de dos mil siete. V Bruselu dne dvacátého listopadu dva tisíce sedm. Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den tyvende november to tusind og syv. Geschehen zu Brüssel am zwanzigsten November zweitausendsieben. Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta novembrikuu kahekümnendal päeval Brüsselis. 'Εγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι Νοεμβρίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά. Done at Brussels on the twentieth day of November in the year two thousand and seven. Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt novembre deux mille sept. Fatto a Bruxelles, addì venti novembre duemilasette. Briselē, divtūkstoš septītā gada divdesmitajā novembrī. Priimta du tūkstančiai septintųjų metų lapkričio dvidešimtą dieną Briuselyje. Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-hetedik év november havának huszadik napján. Magħmul fi Brussell, fl-għoxrin jum ta' Novembru tas-sena elfejn u sebgħa. Gedaan te Brussel, de twintigste november tweeduizend zeven. Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego listopada roku dwa tysiące siódmego. Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte de Novembro de dois mil e sete. Încheiat la Bruxelles, douăzeci noiembrie două mii șapte. V Bruseli dňa dvadsiateho novembra dvetisícsedem. V Bruslju, dne dvajsetega novembra leta dva tisoč sedem. Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenä päivänä marraskuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsemän. Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugonde november tjugohundrasju. 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 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 På medlemsstaternas vägnar За Европейската общност Por la Comunidad Europea Za Evropské společenství For Det Europæiske Fællesskab Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft Euroopa Ühenduse nimel Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα For the European Community Pour la Communauté européenne Per la Comunità europea Eiropas Kopienas vārdā Europos bendrijos vardu Az Európai Közösség részéről Għall-Komunità Ewropea Voor de Europese Gemeenschap W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej Pela Comunidade Europeia Pentru Comunitatea Europeană Za Európske spoločenstvo Za Evropsko skupnost Euroopan yhteisön puolesta För Europeiska gemenskapen За Република Сан Маρино Por la República de San Marino Za Republiku San Marino For Republikken San Marino Im Namen der Republik San Marino San Marino Vabariigi nimel Για τη Δημοκρατία του Αγίου Mαρίνου For the Republic of San Marino Pour la République de Saint-Marin Per la Repubblica di San Marino Sanmarīno Republikas vārdā San Marino Respublikos vardu A San Marino Köztársaság részéről Għar-Repubblika ta' San Marino Voor de Republiek San Marino W imieniu Republiki San Marino Pela República de São Marino Pentru Republica San Marino Za Sanmarínsku republiku Za Republiko San Marino San Marinon tasavallan puolesta På Republiken San Marinos vägnar

(1) The Bulgarian and Romanian language versions shall be published in the special edition of the Official Journal at a later date.