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 Republic of Hungary, of the other part, on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (PECA)
Date: 2003-07-31
Institutions: European Community, Hungary
Subjects: Hungary, approval, association agreement (EU), industrial product, product safety, protocol to an agreement

9.10.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

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

AGREEMENT

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, 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 Republic of Hungary, 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 Republic of Hungary 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:

The Protocol is amended as follows:

Article 8 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

Origin

Article 1

Amendment to the Protocol

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 Hungarian, each text being equally authentic.

Hecho en Bruselas, el treinta y uno de julio de dos mil tres.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den enogtredivte juli to tusind og tre.
Geschehen zu Brüssel am einunddreißigsten Juli zweitausendunddrei.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις τριάντα µία Ιουλίου δύο χιλιάδες τρία.
Done at Brussels on the thirty-first day of July in the year two thousand and three.
Fait à Bruxelles, le trente-et-un juillet deux mille trois.
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì trentuno luglio duemilatre.
Gedaan te Brussel, de eenendertigste juli tweeduizenddrie.
Feito em Bruxelas, em trinta e um de Julho de dois mil e três.
Tehty Brysselissä kolmantenakymmenentenäensimmäisenä päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna kaksituhattakolme.
Som skedde i Byssel den trettioförsta juli tjugohundratre.
Készült Brüsszelben, 2003. július 31-én.

(1) OJ L 135, 17.5.2001, p. 37.

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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

A Magyar Köztársaság nevében