Proposal for a COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Russian Federation (EC/EURATOM/ECSC)
Date: 1996-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, cooperation agreement (EU), cooperation policy, enlargement of the Union, protocol to an agreement

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  23.05.1996 
COM(96)  150 final 

VO/0106  (AVC) 

Proposal for a 
COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION 

on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Communities and their Member States 
and the Russian  Federation 

f EC / EURATOM / ECSC) 

(presented by the Commission) 

Explanatory  memorandum 

The Partnership and Cooperation  Agreement between the European Communities 
and  their  Member  States  and  the  Russian  Federation  signed  the  24  June  1994 
takes  the  Agreement  on  trade  and  commercial  and  economic"  cooperation 
concluded by the EEC and Euratom with the Soviet Union on  18 December  1989 
a step further  for the Communities. 

The  PCA  is  based  on  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Coal  and  Steel 
Community,  the Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in particular 
Article 54  (2),  the last sentence of  Article 57 (2), and Articles  66, 73 c (2), 75, 
84  (2),  99,  100,  113  and  235,  in  conjunction  with  Article  228  (  2)  and  the 
second  subparagraph  of  Article  228  (3)  thereof,  and  the Treaty  establishing  the 
European  Atomic  Energy Community,  and  in particular  the second  paragraph  of 
Article  101 thereof. 

Whereas  there  three  new  Member  States  have  to  be  added  to  the  list  of 
contracting  Parties  and  the  list  of  signatories  and  authentic  texts  of  the 
Agreements,  its  Annexes  and  Protocols,  the  Final  Act  and  all  documents 
annexed  to it, have to be established  in Finnish and Swedish. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

A need arose for a protocol to the text of the Agreement signed on 24 June 1994. 

The accession to the European Union  and thereby to the Eurpean  Community of 
Austria, Finland  and  Sweden on  1 January  1995 means these three new Member 
States have to be added to the list of contracting parties and the list of signatories. 

In light of the above, the Commission proposes that the Council adopt the 
annexed  Decision. 

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Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL  AND COMMISSION  DECISION 
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on the conclusion  of a Protocol  to the Partnership  and Cooperation  Agreement 
between  the  European  Communities  and their Member  States 
and the Russian  Federation 

(EC / EURATOM / ECSC) 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION, 

THE EUROPEAN  COMMISSION, 

Having regard  to the Treaty  establishing the European  Coal and Steel  Community, 

Having  regard  to the Treaty  establishing the European  Community,  and  in  particular 
Article  54 (2), the last sentence of Article 57 (2), and  Articles 66, 73 c (2), 75, 84 (2), 
99,  100,  113 and  235, in conjunction  with  the second  sentence of Article 228 ( 2) and  the 
second  subparagraph  of Article 228 (3) thereof. 

Having regard to the Treaty  establishing the European  Atomic Energy  Community,  and 
in particular the second  paragraph  of Article  101 thereof, 

Having regard to the assent of the European  Parliament, 

Having regard to the approval  of the Council given in accordance with  Article  101 of  the 
Treaty establishing the European  Atomic Energy  Community, 

Having consulted  the ECSC  Consultative Committee  and the Economic  and  Social 
Committee,  and  with the unanimous  assent of the  Council, 

Whereas  the Republic of Austria,  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  and the Republic of  Finland 
acceded  to the European  Unions,  and  thereby  to the Communities on January  1,  1995. 

Whereas  there three new  Member  States  have to be added  to the  list of  contracting 
Parties and  the  list of signatories  and  authentic texts of the Agreements,  its Annexes  and 
Protocols,  the Final  Act and  all documents  annexed  to it, have to be established  in 
Finnish  and  Swedish, 

HAVE  DECIDED AS  FOLLOWS: 

Article 1 

The protocol  to the Partnership  and Cooperation  Agreement between  the  European 
Communities  and their Member  States  and the Russian  Federation  introducing the  name 
of the three new Member  States  - Austria, Finland  and  Sweden- which joined  the 
European  Communities  and their  Member  States on  1.1  1995 is hereby  approved  on 
behalf  of the European  Community,  the European  Coal  and  Steel  Community,  and  the 
European  Atomic  Energy  Community. 

The texts of  the  Protocol  and  its Annexes  arc attached  to this  Decision. 

Article 2 

The President  of the Council  shall  give the notification  provided  for  in Article  112 (2) of 
the Agreement  on behalf  of the European  Community.  The President  of the  Commission 
shall  give such  notification  on behalf  of the European  Coal  and  Steel  Community  and  the 
European  Atomic  Energy  Community. 

Done at Brussels, 

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PROTOCOL 

to the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation, establishing a Partnership between the 
EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES  and  their  Member  States,  of  the  one  part  and  the 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION, of the other part. 

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM 

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK 

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 

THE HELLENIC  REPUBLIC 

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN 

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 

IRELAND 

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC 

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG 

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS 

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA 

THE PORTUGUESE  REPUBLIC 

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND 

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN 

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 

Contracting  Parties  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITY  the 
Treaty  establishing  the  EUROPEAN  COAL  AND  STEEL  COMMUNITY  and  the 
Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN  ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, 

hereinafter  referred to as the "Member States", and of 

the EUROPEAN  COMMUNITY, the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY 
and the EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, hereinafter  referred  to as "the 
Community", 

of the one part, and 

the RUSSIAN  FEDERATION, 

of the other part, 

taking  into  account  the  accession  of  THE  REPUBLIC  OF  AUSTRIA,  THE  REPUBLIC 
OF  FINLAND  and  THE  KINGDOM  OF  SWEDEN  to  the  European  Union  and  thereby 
to the Community  on  1 January  1995, 

have agreed  as  follows: 

Article 1 

THE  REPUBLIC  OF  AUSTRIA,  THE  REPUBLIC  OF  FINLAND  and  THE 
KINGDOM  OF  SWEDEN  are  Parties  to the  Agreement  on  Partnership  and  Cooperation, 
establishing  a Partnership  between  the EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES  and  their  Member 
states,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  RUSSIAN  FEDERATION,  of  the  other  part,  signed  at 
Corfu  on  24 June  1994,  and  respectively  adopt  and  take  note  of,  as  other  Member  States 
of  the  Community,  the  texts  of  the  Agreement,  as  well  as  of  Joint  Declaration, 
Exchanges  of  Letters,  and  Declaration  by  the  RUSSIAN  FEDERATION  annexed  to  the 
Final  Act signed  on the same date. 

Article 2 

The texts  of  the  Agreement,  the  Final  Act  and  all  documents  annexed  to  it  are  drawn  up 
in  the  Finnish  and  Swedish  languages.  They  are  annexed  to  the  present  protocol  and  are 
equally  authentic with  the texts  in the other  languages  in which  the  Agreement,  the  Final 
Act and the documents  annexed  to  it are drawn  up. 

Article 3 

This  protocol  is  drawn  up  in  duplicate  in  the  Danish,  Dutch,  English,  Finnish,  French, 
German,  Greek,  Italian,  Portuguese,  Spanish,  Swedish  and  Russian  languages,  each  ol 
these texts being equally  authentic. 

Article 4 

The  protocol  will  be  approved  by  the  Parties  in  accordance  with  their  own  procedures 
This  protocol  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  first  day  of  the  second  month  following  the 
day  on  which  the  Parties  notify  each  other  of  the  completion  of  the  procedures  referred 
io in the first  paragraph. 

Done at 

on 

For 

For 

THE  KINGDOM  OF BELGIUM 

THE  RUSSIAN  FEDERATION 

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THE KINGDOM  OF DENMARK 

THE FEDERAL  REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 

THE HELLENIC  REPUBLIC 

THE KINGDOM  OF SPAIN 

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 

IRELAND 

THE ITALIAN  REPUBLIC 

THE GRAND  DUCHY  OF  LUXEMBOURG 

THE KINGDOM  OF THE NETHERLANDS 

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA 

THE PORTUGUESE  REPUBLIC 

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND 

THE KINGDOM  OF  SWEDEN 

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN  IRELAND 

For THE COMMUNITY 

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