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 Moldova, 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: 2004-04-30
Institutions: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Atomic Energy Community, European Community, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Subjects: Moldova, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

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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 Moldova, 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 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

THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

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

Article 5

The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia shall be Parties to the Part-
nership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership
between the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part,
signed in Brussels on 28 November 1994 (hereinafter the Agree-
ment) and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same
manner as the other Member States, of the texts of the Agree-
ment, the Joint Declarations, Exchanges of Letters, the Declara-
tion by the Republic of Moldova annexed to the Final Act signed
on the same date and the Protocol
to the Agreement of
15 May 1997 that entered into force on 12 October 2000.

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 Euro-
pean Community, which has taken over all rights and obliga-
tions contracted by the European Coal and Steel Community.

Article 3

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

1.
This Protocol shall enter into force on the same day as
the 2003 Treaty of 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
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 Partnership
and Cooperation Agreement of 15 May 1997, are drawn up in
the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Pol-
ish, Slovak and Slovene languages.

These texts 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 Partnership and Cooperation Agree-
ment of 15 May 1997, are drawn up.

Article 4

Article 7

1.
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 Moldova in accordance with their
own procedures.

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 Moldovan languages, each
of these texts being equally authentic.

2.
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.

(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 Bruselas, el treinta de abril de dos mil cuatro.

V Bruselu dne třicátého dubna dva tisíce čtyři.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den tredivte april to tusind og fire.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am dreißigsten April zweitausendundvier.

Kahe tuhande neljanda aasta kolmekümnendal aprillil Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις τριάντα Απριλίου δύο χιλιάδες τέσσερα.

Done at Brussels on the thirtieth day of April in the year two thousand and four.

Fait à Bruxelles, le trente avril deux mille quatre.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì trenta aprile duemilaquattro.

Briselē, divi tūkstoši ceturtā gada trīsdesmitajā aprīlī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai ketvirtų metų balandžio trisdešimtą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-negyedik év április havának tizenharmadik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussel fit-tletin jum ta’ April tas-sena elfejn u erbgħa.

Gedaan te Brussel, de dertigste april tweeduizendvier.

Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia trzynastego kwietnia roku dwa tysiące czwartego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em trinta de Abril de dois mil e quatro.

V Bruseli tridsiateho apríla dvetisícštyri.

V Bruslju, dne tridesetega aprila leta dva tisoč štiri.

Tehty Brysselissä kolmantenakymmenentenä päivänä huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaneljä.

Som skedde i Bryssel den trettionde april tjugohundrafyra.

Întocmit la Bruxelles în a treizecea zi a lunii aprilie în anul doua mii patru.

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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
Pentru Statele Membre

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
Pentru Comunitatile Europene

Por la República de Moldova
Za Moldavskou republiku
For Republikken Moldova
Für die Republik Moldau
Moldova Vabariigi nimel
Για τη Δημοκρατία της Μολδαβίας
For the Republic of Moldova
Pour la République de Moldova
Per la Repubblica di Moldova
Moldovas Republikas vārdā
Moldovos Respublikos vardu
Moldova részéről
Għar-Repubblika tal-Moldavja
Voor de Republiek Moldavië
W imieniu Republiki Mołdowy
Pela República da Moldávia
Za Moldavskú republiku
Za Republiko Moldavijo
Moldovan tasavallan puolesta
På Republiken Moldaviens vägnar
Pentru Republica Moldova