2005/89/EC: Council Decision of 24 September 2004 on the signature and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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: 2004-09-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Egypt, accession to the European Union, association agreement (EU), interim agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, signature of an agreement

L 31/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.2.2005

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 24 September 2004

on the signature and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab
Republic of Egypt, 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

(2005/89/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with
the second sentence of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession (1), and in
particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the Council authorised the
On 10 February 2004,
Commission, on behalf of
the European Community
and its Member States, to open negotiations with Egypt
with a
the Euro-Mediterranean
Agreement between the European Communities and
their Member States, of
the one part, and the Arab
Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of
the accession of the new Member States to the EU.

view to adjusting

These negotiations have been concluded to the satis-
faction of the Commission.

the Protocol negotiated with the Arab
The text of
Republic of Egypt provides,
for the
provisional application of the Protocol before its entry
into force.

in Article 12(2),

Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the
Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Community
and applied provisionally,

Article 1

and subject

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European
Community and its Member States,
to its
conclusion, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
between the European Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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 text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The European Community and its Member States hereby agree
to apply provisionally the terms of the Protocol, subject to its
possible conclusion at a later date.

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2004.

For the Council
The President

L. J. BRINKHORST

(1) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.