2000/683/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Council and Commission Decision of 12 October 2000 on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part
Date: 2000-10-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Subjects: EAEC, ECSC, Ukraine, cooperation agreement (EU)

9.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 283/27

COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 October 2000

on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a
partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and
Ukraine, of the other part

(2000/683/EC, ECSC, Euratom)

signed on 10 April 1997 to include the three new
Member States in the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement.

(3)

The parties agreed to the provisional application of the
Protocol by the European Communities, Ukraine and all
Member
Finland,
except Austria,
Denmark and Portugal.

Sweden,

States

(4)

All the signatories to the Protocol have now ratified it,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
establishing a partnership between the European Communities
and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the
other part, shall be approved on behalf of
the European
Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the
European Atomic Energy Community.

The text of the Protocol

is annexed to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European
Community, give the notification provided for in Article 4 of
the Protocol. The President of the Commission shall give the
same notification on behalf of the European Coal and Steel
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

Done at Brussels, 12 October 2000.

For the Council

For the Commission

The President

H. VÉDRINE

The President

R. PRODI

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 44(1), the last sentence of
Article 47(2), Article 55, Article 57(2), Article 71, Article
80(2), Articles 93, 94, 133 and 308, in conjunction with the
second sentence of Article 300(2) and the second subparagraph
of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and
Steel Community, and in particular Article 95 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 proposal from the Commission,

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

Having regard to the Council's approval pursuant to Article
101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community,

After consulting the Consultative Committee of the ECSC and
with the assent of the Council,

Whereas:

(1)

The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement estab-
lishing a partnership between the European Communi-
ties and their Member States, of
the one part, and
Ukraine, of the other part (2), which entered into force
on 1 March 1998, contributes to achieving the objec-
tives of the European Communities in so far as it is an
essential part of the strategy of the European Communi-
ties and their Member States with regard to Ukraine.

(2)

Since the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement was
signed before the enlargement of the European Union to
include Austria, Finland and Sweden, a Protocol was

(1) OJ C 286, 22.9.1997, p. 82.
(2) OJ L 49, 19.2.1998, p. 3.