Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (PCA), on 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 PCA and on adjustments to the PCA
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Atomic Energy Community, European Community, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Subjects: GATT, Ukraine, World Trade Organisation, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

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PROTOCOL

to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (PCA), on 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 PCA and on adjustments to the PCA

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

IRELAND,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

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,

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of the one part, and

UKRAINE

of the other part,

hereinafter referred to as ‘Parties’ for the purposes of this Protocol,

HAVING REGARD TO the provisions of the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the
Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Repub-
lic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic,
the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member
States of the European Union), and 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 concerning 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, which was signed in Athens on
16 April 2003 and will enter into force on 1 May 2004,

CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between Ukraine and the European Union arising from the accession to the
European Union of 10 new Member States, which opens opportunities and brings about challenges for the cooperation
between Ukraine and the European Union,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the desire of the Parties to ensure the attainment and implementation of the objectives and
principles of the PCA,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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 shall
be Parties to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, estab-
lishing a partnership between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other
part, signed in Luxembourg on 14 June 1994 and which entered
into force on 1 March 1998 (hereinafter the Agreement) and shall
respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner as other
Member States of the Community, of the texts of the Agreement,
and of the Joint Declarations, Declarations and Exchanges of Let-
ters annexed to the Final Act signed on the same date and the
Protocol to the Agreement of 10 April 1997 that entered into
force on 12 October 2000.

Article 2

1.
To take account of recent institutional developments within
the European Union, the Parties agree that following the expiry
of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Commu-
nity, existing provisions in the Agreement referring to the Euro-
pean Coal and Steel Community shall be deemed to refer to the
European Community which has taken over all rights and obli-
gations contracted by the European Coal and Steel Community.

GATT throughout the text of the Agreement shall be deemed to
refer to the GATT 1994, and the provision ‘Ukraine’s accession
to the GATT’ shall be understood as ‘Ukraine’s accession to the
WTO’.

To take account of the development of the treaty base of
3.
the European Energy Charter, the Parties agree that existing ref-
erences to the European Energy Charter throughout the text of
the Agreement shall be considered to include references to the
Energy Charter Treaty and to the Energy Charter Protocol on
Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects.

Article 3

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

1.
This Protocol shall be approved by the Communities, by
the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member
States and by Ukraine in accordance with their own procedures.

2.
To take account of the institutional developments that
have taken place in the international trading system of the
GATT-WTO, the Parties agree that the existing references to the

2.
The Parties shall notify each other of the completion 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.

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Article 5

1.
This Protocol shall enter into force on the same day as the
Treaty on Accession provided that all the instruments of approval
of this Protocol have been deposited before that date.

2. Where not all 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.

3. Where not all instruments of approval of this Protocol have
been deposited before 1 May 2004, this Protocol shall apply pro-
visionally with effect from 1 May 2004.

Article 6

The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents
annexed to it, as well as the Protocol to the Agreement of

10 April 1997, are drawn up in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian,
Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovene
languages.

They are annexed (1) 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, as well as the
Protocol to the Agreement of 10 April 1997, are drawn up.

Article 7

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

(1) The Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish,
Slovak and Slovenian versions of the Agreement shall be published
in the special edition of the Official Journal at a later date.

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Hecho en Dublín, el veintinueve de abril de dos mil cuatro.

V Dublinu dne dvacátého devátého dubna dva tisíce čtyři.

Udfærdiget i Dublin den niogtyvende april to tusind og fire.

Geschehen zu Dublin am neunundzwanzigsten April zweitausendundvier.

Kahe tuhande neljanda aasta aprillikuu kahekümne üheksandal päeval Dublinis.

Έγινε στο Δουβλίνο, στις είκοσι εννέα Απριλίου δύο χιλιάδες τέσσερα.

Done at Dublin on the twenty-ninth day of April in the year two thousand and four.

Fait à Dublin, le vingt-neuf avril deux mille quatre.

Fatto a Dublino, addì ventinove aprile duemilaquattro.

Dublinā, divi tūkstoši ceturtā gada divdesmit devītajā aprīlī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai ketvirtų metų balandžio dvidešimt devintą dieną Dubline.

Kelt Dublinban, a kétezer-negyedik év április havának huszonkilencedik napján.

Magħmul f’ Dublin fid-disgħa u għoxrin jum ta’ April tas-sena elfejn u erbgħa.

Gedaan te Dublin, de negenentwintigste april tweeduizendvier.

Sporządzono w Dublinie, dnia dwudziestego dziewiątego kwietnia roku dwa tysiące czwartego.

Feito em Dublim, em vinte e nove de Abril de dois mil e quatro.

V Dubline dvadsiatehodeviateho apríla dvetisícštyri.

V Dublinu, dne devetindvajsetega aprila leta dva tisoč štiri.

Tehty Dublinissa kahdentenakymmenentenäyhdeksäntenä päivänä huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaneljä.

Som skedde i Dublin den tjugonionde april tjugohundrafyra.

Вчинено у Дубліні, двадцять дев’ятого квітня дві тисячі четвертого року.

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Por los Estados miembros
Za členské státy
For medlemsstaterne
Für die Mitgliedstaaten
Liikmesriikide nimel
Για τα κράτη μέλη
For the Member States
Pour les États membres
Per gli Stati membri
Dalībvalstu vārdā
Valstybių narių vardu
A tagállamok részéről
Għall-Istati Membri
Voor de lidstaten
W imieniu Państw Członkowskich
Pelos Estados-Membros
Za členské štáty
Za države članice
Jäsenvaltioiden puolesta
På medlemsstaternas vägnar
За Держави-Чпени

Por las Comunidades Europeas
Za Evropská společenství
For De Europæiske Fællesskaber
Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften
Euroopa ühenduste nimel
Για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Κοινότητες
For the European Communities
Pour les Communautés européennes
Per le Comunità europee
Eiropas Kopienu vārdā
Europos Bendrijų vardu
Az Európai Közösségek részéről
Għall-Komunitajiet Ewropej
Voor de Europese Gemeenschappen
W imieniu Wspólnot Europejskich
Pelas Comunidades Europeias
Za Európske spoločenstvá
Za Evropske skupnosti
Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta
På Europeiska gemenskapernas vägnar
За Европейські Співтовариства

Por Ucrania
Za Ukrajinu
For Ukraine
Für die Ukraine
Ukraina nimel
Για την Ουκρανία
For Ukraine
Pour l’Ukraine
Per l’Ucraina
Ukrainas vārdā
Ukrainos vardu
Ukrajna részéről
Għall-Ukrajna
Voor Oekraïne
W imieniu Ukrainy
Pela Ucrânia
Za Ukrajinu
Za Ukrajino
Ukrainan puolesta
På Ukrainas vägnar
За Україну