Agreement amending the Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (PECA)
Date: 2003-07-23
Institutions: Czechia, European Community
Subjects: Czechia, approval, association agreement (EU), industrial product, product safety, protocol to an agreement

L 256/18

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Official Journal of the European Union

9.10.2003

amending the Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part,
on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (PECA)

AGREEMENT

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Parties’,

WHEREAS on 26 February 2001 the Parties concluded a Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part,
on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (PECA) (1) hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’;

WHEREAS the Protocol in Article 8 restricted the application of the Protocol to industrial products that originate in the
Parties according to non-preferential rules of origin;

CONSIDERING that in order to improve trade between the Parties, to simplify the operation of the Protocol, and to
improve alignment with the position that will apply after accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, the
restriction in Article 8 of the Protocol should be deleted by way of an Amendment to the Protocol,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Amendment to the Protocol

The Protocol is amended as follows:

Article 8 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

Origin

The provisions of this Protocol shall apply to industrial products irrespective of their origin.’

Article 2

Entry into force

This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which
the Parties have exchanged diplomatic notes confirming the completion of their respective procedures for
adoption of this Agreement.

This Agreement is drawn up in two originals in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Czech languages, each text being equally authentic.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintitrés de julio de dos mil tres.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den treogtyvende juli to tusind og tre.
Geschehen zu Brüssel am dreiundzwanzigsten Juli zweitausendunddrei.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι τρεις Ιουλίου δύο χιλιάδες τρία.
Done at Brussels on the twenty-third day of July in the year two thousand and three.
Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-trois juillet deux mille trois.
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventitre luglio duemilatre.
Gedaan te Brussel, de drieëntwintigste juli tweeduizenddrie.
Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e três de Julho de dois mil e três.
Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäkolmantena päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna kaksituhattakolme.
Som skedde i Byssel den tjugotredje juli tjugohundratre.
Dáno v Bruselu dne dvacátého trˇetího cˇervence roku dvoutisícího trˇetího.

(1) OJ L 135, 17.5.2001, p. 3.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Por la Comunidad Europea

For Det Europæiske Fællesskab

Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunità europea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

Pela Comunidade Europeia

Euroopan yhteisön puolesta

På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

za Cˇeskou republiku