Proposal for a Council and Commission Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
Date: 2004-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Uzbekistan, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 20.4.2004 
COM(2004) 272 final 

2004/0092 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION 

on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the 
Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech 
Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the 
Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of 
Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union 

(presented by the Commission) 

EN 

   EN 

 
 
 
  
  
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

L’accord de partenariat et de coopération (APC) entre les Communautés européennes et leurs 
États  membres,  d’une  part,  et  la  République  d’Ouzbékistan,  d’autre  part,  est  un  accord 
“mixte”  qui  est  entré  en  vigueur  le  1er  juillet  1999,  c’est-à-dire  avant  l’élargissement  de 
l’Union à la République tchèque, à la République d’Estonie, à la République de Chypre, à la 
République  de  Lettonie,  à  la  République  de  Lituanie,  à  la  République  de  Hongrie,  à  la 
République  de  Malte,  à  la  République  de  Pologne,  à  la  République  de  Slovénie  et  à  la 
République  slovaque.  Il  est  en  conséquence  nécessaire  d’adjoindre  à  l’APC  un  protocole 
permettant l’adhésion des dix nouveaux États membres à l’accord conformément à l’article 6, 
paragraphe 2, de l’acte d’adhésion annexé au traité d’adhésion du 16 avril 2003. Le protocole 
couvre également  certains  ajustements techniques liés aux développements institutionnels et 
juridiques au sein de l’Union européenne. 

Le 8 décembre 2003, le Conseil a autorisé la Commission à ouvrir des négociations, au nom 
de  la  Communauté  et  de  ses  États  membres,  avec  l’Arménie,  l’Azerbaïdjan,  le  Belarus,  la 
Georgie, le Kazakhstan, le Kirghizstan, la Moldova, la Fédération de Russie, le Turkménistan, 
l’Ukraine  et  l’Ouzbékistan  afin  de  conclure  des  protocoles  aux  accords  de  partenariat  et  de 
coopération.  

Les  négociations  avec  la  République  d’Ouzbékistan  sont  à  présent  achevées.  Le  texte  du 
protocole négocié figure ci-joint. 

Les  propositions  jointes  concernent  (1)  une  décision  du  Conseil  relative  à  la  signature  et  à 
l’application  provisoire  du  protocole  et  (2)  une  décision  du  Conseil  et  de  la  Commission 
relative à la conclusion du protocole. 

La Commission propose au Conseil : 

– 

– 

d’adopter  une  décision  concernant  la  signature  et  l’application  provisoire  du 
protocole au nom de la Communauté européenne et de ses États membres; 

de  conclure  le  protocole  au  nom  de  la  Communauté  européenne  et  de  ses  États 
membres et d’approuver sa conclusion par la Communauté européenne de l’énergie 
atomique. 

2 

 
 
  
 
2004/0092 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION 

on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, 
and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the 
accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of 
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of 
Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of 
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 
94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) and the 
first subparagraph of Article 300(3), 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 Treaty of Accession of 16 April 2003, and in particular Article 
2(3) thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  Act  of  Accession  annexed  to  the  Treaty  of  Accession,  and  in 
particular Article 6 (2) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion 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, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

The  Protocol  to  the  Partnership  and  Cooperation  Agreement  between  the 
European  Community  and  its  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the 
Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of 
the  Czech  Republic,  the  Republic  of  Estonia,  the  Republic  of  Cyprus,  the 

1 

OJ Reference to be added 

3 

 
 
  
 
                                                 
Republic  of  Latvia,  the  Republic  of  Lithuania,  the  Republic  of  Hungary,  the 
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the 
Slovak  Republic  to  the  European  Union,  and  providing  for  certain  technical 
adjustments  linked  to  the  institutional  and  legal  developments  within  the 
European  Union,  was  signed  on  behalf  of  the  European  Community  and  the 
Member  States  on  [DATE  TO  BE  ADDED]  in  accordance  with  Council 
Decision No….. 

(2) 

Pending  its  entry  into  force,  the  Protocol  has  been  applied  on  a  provisional 
basis as from the date of accession. 

(3) 

The Protocol should be concluded, 

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

Article 1 

The  Protocol  to  the  Partnership  and  Cooperation  Agreement  between  the European 
Communities  and  their  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of 
Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, 
the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic 
of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, 
the  Republic  of  Slovenia  and  the  Slovak  Republic  to  the  European  Union  is  hereby 
approved  on  behalf  of  the  European Community,  the  European Atomic  Energy 
Community and the Member States.  

The text of the enlargement Protocol is annexed to this Decision. 

Article 2 

The  President  of  the  Council  shall,  on  behalf  of  the  European  Community  and  its 
Member  States,  give  the notification  provided  for  in  Article  4  of  the  Protocol.  The 
President of the Commission shall simultaneously give such notification on behalf of 
the European Atomic Energy Community. 

Done at Brussels,  

For the Commission 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

4 

 
 
  
 
ANNEX  

DRAFT 

PROTOCOL TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT 

establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of 
the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the 
accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the 
Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of 
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the 
European Union 

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, 

THE CZECH REPUBLIC, 

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, 

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, 

REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, 

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, 

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, 

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, 

IRELAND, 

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, 

REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, 

REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, 

REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, 

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, 

REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, 

REPUBLIC OF MALTA, 

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, 

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, 

REPUBLIC OF POLAND, 

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, 

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, 

5 

 
 
  
 
THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC, 

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND, 

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, 

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 

hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  ‘Member  States’,  represented  by  the  Council  of  the  European 
Union, and  

THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITY  AND  THE  EUROPEAN  ATOMIC  ENERGY 
COMMUNITY,  

hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘the  Communities’  represented,  by  the  Council  of  the  European 
Union and the European Commission,  

of the one part,  

and the Republic of Uzbekistan 

of the other part,  

HAVING  REGARD  TO  the  accession  of  the  Czech  Republic,  Estonia,  Cyprus,  Latvia, 
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May 
2004,  

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 

Article 1 

The  Czech  Republic,  Estonia,  Cyprus,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Hungary,  Malta,  Poland,  Slovenia 
and  Slovakia  shall  be  Parties  to  the  Partnership  and  Cooperation  Agreement,  establishing  a 
partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and 
the  Republic  of  Uzbekistan,  of  the  other  part,  signed  in  Florence  on  21  June  1996 
(hereinafter the ‘Agreement’) and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner 
as  the  other  Member  States  of  the  Community,  of  the  texts  of  the  Agreement  and  of  the 
documents attached to it.  

Article 2 

To take account of recent institutional developments within the European Union, the Parties 
agree  that,  following  expiry  of  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Coal  and  Steel 
Community,  existing  provisions  in  the  Agreement  referring  to  the  European  Coal  and  Steel 
Community shall be deemed to refer to the European Community, which has taken over all 
rights and obligations contracted by the European Coal and Steel Community. 

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement. 

Article 3 

6 

 
 
  
 
1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Article 4 

This Protocol shall be approved by the Communities, by the Council of the European 
Union  on  behalf  of  the  Member  States,  and  by  the  Republic  of  Uzbekistan  in 
accordance with their own procedures.  

The  Parties  shall  notify  each  other  of  the  accomplishment  of  the  corresponding 
procedures referred to in the preceding paragraph. The instruments of approval shall 
be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. 

Article 5 

This  Protocol  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  same  day  as  the  Treaty  of  Accession  of 
20032,  provided  that  all  the  instruments  of  approval  of  this  Protocol  have  been 
deposited before that date. 

Where not all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before 
that  date,  this  Protocol  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  first  day  of  the  first  month 
following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval. 

Where not all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before  
1 May 2004, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from 1 May 2004. 

Article 6 

The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it are drawn up in the 
Czech,  Estonian,  Hungarian,  Latvian,  Lithuanian,  Maltese,  Polish,  Slovene  and  Slovak 
languages.  

These texts are annexed to this Protocol and are equally authentic with the texts in the other 
languages in which the Agreement, the Final Act and the documents annexed to it are drawn 
up. 

Article 7 

This  Protocol  is  drawn  up  in  duplicate  in  the  Czech,  Danish,  Dutch,  English,  Estonian, 
Finnish,  French,  German,  Greek,  Hungarian,  Italian,  Latvian,  Lithuanian,  Maltese,  Polish, 
Portuguese, Slovene, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and in Uzbek languages, each of these texts 
being equally authentic. 

Done at …. on …. in the year 2004 

FOR THE MEMBER STATES 

FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN 

2 

OJ L 236, 23.9.2003 

7