Amending Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, acting within the framework of the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part
Date: 1996-11-11
Institutions: European Atomic Energy Community, European Coal and Steel Community, European Community, Slovenia
Subjects: EAEC, ECSC, Slovenia, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement

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AMENDING  PROTOCOL

to  the  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between  the  European  Communities  and
their Member States, acting within the framework of the European Union, of the one part, and
the  Republic  of  Slovenia,  of  the  other  part

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  REPUBLIC  OF  SLOVENIA,

hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘Slovenia’,

of  the  other  part,

WHEREAS the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their
Member  States,  acting  within  the  framework  of  the  European  Union,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of
Slovenia,  of  the  other  part,  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  ‘Europe  Agreement’)  was  signed  in  Luxembourg
on  10  June  1996  and  has  not  yet  entered  into  force,

WHEREAS  the  late  signature  of  the  Europe  Agreement  prevents  the  interim  implementation  of  the  trade
related aspects as originally envisaged and certain amendments are necessary for this to be possible; whereas
this  difficulty  can  be  avoided  by  making  some  amendments  to  the  Europe  Agreement,

RECOGNISING  the  crucial  importance  of  trade  in  the  transition  to  a  market  economy,

BEARING  IN  MIND  the  willingness  of  the  Community  to  accelerate  its  efforts  to  open  up  its  markets  for
products  of  Slovenian  origin,

BEARING  IN  MIND  the  objectives  of  the  Europe  Agreement  and,  in  particular,  those  referred  to  in
Article  1  thereof,

HAVE  DECIDED  to  conclude  this  Protocol  and  to  this  end  have  designated  as  their  Plenipotentiaries:

THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITY:

Denis  O’LEARY,
Ambassador,
Permanent  Representative  of  Ireland,
Chairman  of  the  Permanent  Representatives  Committee,

Günther  BURGHARDT,
Director-General  of  the  Directorate-General  for  External  Political  Relations  of  the  Commission  of  the
European  Communities,

THE  EUROPEAN  COAL  AND  STEEL  COMMUNITY  and
THE  EUROPEAN  ATOMIC  ENERGY  COMMUNITY:

Günther  BURGHARDT,
Director-General  of  the  Directorate-General  for  External  Political  Relations  of  the  Commission  of  the
European  Communities,

THE  REPUBLIC  OF  SLOVENIA:

Boris  CIZELJ,
Ambassador,
Head  of  the  Mission  of  the  Republic  of  Slovenia  to  the  European  Union,

WHO,  having  exchanged  their  full  powers,  found  in  good  and  due  form,

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HAVE  AGREED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  2

Article  1

This  Protocol  shall  form  an  integral  part  of  the  Europe
Agreement.

The  Europe  Agreement  shall  be  amended  as  follows:

1. Both  references  to  ‘1996’  under  Article  132  of  the

Europe  Agreement  are  replaced  by  ‘1997’.

2. The  following  text  is  added  to  Article  112  of  the

Europe  Agreement:

‘Decisions  adopted  by  the  Cooperation  Council  and
Joint  Committee  referred  to  in  Article  39  of  the
Interim  Agreement  under  powers  conferred  on  them
by  the  Interim  Agreement  and  the  Cooperation
Agreement 
the
Association  Council  adopts  a  decision  under  the
Europe  Agreement.’

to  apply  until 

shall  continue 

Article  3

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the
second  month  following  the  date  upon  which  the  parties
notify  each  other  of  the  completion  of  the  procedures
necessary  for  that  purpose.

Article  4

3. The  Protocol  4  on  Rules  of  Origin  of  the  Europe
Agreement  is  replaced  by  Protocol  4  annexed  to  the
Interim  Agreement.

This  Protocol  shall  be  drawn  up  in  two  copies  in  the
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Italian,  Portuguese,  Spanish,  Swedish  and  Slovenian
languages,  each  of  these  texts  being  equally  authentic.

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Hecho  en  Bruselas,  el  once  de  noviembre  de  mil  novecientos  noventa  y  seis.

Udfærdiget  i  Bruxelles  den  ellevte  november  nitten  hundrede  og  seksoghalvfems.

Geschehen  zu  Brüssel  am  elften  November  neunzehnhundertsechsundneunzig.

(cid:139)ΕγØν(cid:229)  (cid:243)(cid:244)Øς  ΒρυŒ(cid:219)λλ(cid:229)ς,  (cid:243)(cid:244)Øς  (cid:219)ν(cid:228)(cid:229)κÆ  Ν(cid:239)(cid:229)µ(cid:226)ρ(cid:221)(cid:239)υ  ł(cid:221)λØÆ  (cid:229)ννØÆκ(cid:222)(cid:243)ØÆ  (cid:229)ν(cid:229)νη(cid:139) ν(cid:244)Æ  (cid:219)ŒØ.

Done at Brussels on the eleventh day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and
ninety-six.

Fait  à  Bruxelles,  le  onze  novembre  mil  neuf  cent  quatre-vingt-seize.

Fatto  a  Bruxelles,  addì  undici  novembre  millenovecentonovantasei.

Gedaan  te  Brussel,  de  elfde  november  negentienhonderd  zesennegentig.

Feito  em  Bruxelas,  em  onze  de  Novembro  de  mil  novecentos  e  noventa  e  seis.

Tehty  Brysselissä  yhdentenätoista  päivänä  marraskuuta  vuonna  tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksän-
kymmentäkuusi.

Som  skedde  i  Bryssel  den  elfte  november  nittonhundranittiosex.

V  Bruslju,  enajstega  novembra  tisocˇdevetstošestindevetdeset.

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Por  las  Comunidades  Europeas

For  De  Europæiske  Fællesskaber

Für  die  Europäischen  Gemeinschaften

ΓØÆ  (cid:244)Øς  Ευρω(cid:240)Æϊκ(cid:219)ς  Κ(cid:239)Øν(cid:222)(cid:244)η(cid:244)(cid:229)ς

For  the  European  Communities

Pour  les  Communautés  européennes

Per  le  Comunità  europee

Voor  de  Europese  Gemeenschappen

Pelas  Comunidades  Europeias

Euroopan  yhteisöjen  puolesta

För  Europeiska  gemenskaperna

Za  Republiko  Slovenijo