Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Protocol on the extension of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and Brunei-Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, to Laos
Date: 2000-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ASEAN countries, EU financing, Laos, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

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Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Protocol on the extension of the
Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and Brunei-Darussalam, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam member countries of the Association
of South-East Asian Nations, to Laos

(2001/C 240 E/05)

COM(2000) 430 final (cid:151) 2000/0173(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 7 July 2000)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(2) This Agreement

initialled on 16 June 2000 should be

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
in
Community, and in particular Article 133 and 181,
conjunction with the first sentence of Article 300(2) and the
first paragraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of

the
Community a Protocol on the extension of the Cooperation
Agreement between the European Community and Brunei-
Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand and Vietnam member countries of the Association
of South-East Asian Nations, to Laos.

approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Protocol on the extension to Lao People’s Democratic
between the
the Cooperation Agreement
Republic
European Community and the member countries of ASEAN
is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.

of

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
in order to
the person empowered to sign the Agreement
express the consent of the Community to be bound thereby (1).

(1) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in
the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secre-
tariat of the Council.

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on the extension of the Cooperation Agreement between the member countries of Asean and the
European Community to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

PROTOCOL

The Government of Brunei Darussalam,

The Government of the Republic Of Indonesia,

The Government of Malaysia,

The Government of the Republic of the Philippines,

The Government of the Republic of Singapore,

The Government of the Kingdom of Thailand,

The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

and

The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic,

of the one part,

The Council of the European Union,

of the other part,

HAVING REGARD to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand (cid:151) member countries of the Association of
South-East Asian Nations signed on 7 March 1980 in Kuala Lumpur, and extended to Brunei Darussalam
on 16 November 1984 and to Vietnam on 14 February 1997 (1), hereinafter referred to as the (cid:145)Agreement(cid:146),

WHEREAS the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, as a new member of the Association of South East Asian
Nations has applied to accede to the Agreement,

HAVE DECIDED to extend the Agreement to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and to this end have
designated as their Plenipotentiaries:

THE GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM:

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA:

THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA:

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES:

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE:

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND:

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM:

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC:

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION:

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

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS,

(1) OJ L 117, 5.5.1999.

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Article 1

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Agreement by virtue of this Protocol.

accedes

to the

Article 2

The provisions of the Agreement together with the Protocol
concerning Article 1 of the Agreement shall apply to the Lao
People’s Democratic Republic.

Article 3

The application of the Agreement to the Lao People’s Demo-
cratic Republic shall not affect the application of the Coop-
eration Agreement between the European Community and the

Lao People’s Democratic Republic signed on 29 April 1997 and
which entered into force on 1 December 1997 (1).

Article 4

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the
month following the date on which the Parties have notified
each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for
this purpose.

Article 5

This Protocol is drawn up in eleven originals in the Danish,
Italian,
Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of
these
texts being equally authentic

Done at, this day of in the year two thousand.

For the Government of Brunei Darussalam

(signature)

For the Government of the Republic of Indonesia

(signature)

For the Government of Malaysia

(signature)

For the Government of the Republic of the Philippines

(signature)

For the Government of the Republic of Singapore

(signature)

For the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand

(signature)

For the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

(signature)

For the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

(signature)

For the Council of the European Union

(signature)

(1) OJ L 334, 5.12.1997.