2005/206/EC: Council Decision of 28 February 2005 on the signing and provisional application of an additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, 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: 2005-02-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: South Africa, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement, development policy, trade agreement (EU)

L 68/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.3.2005

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 February 2005

on the signing and provisional application of an additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade,
Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of South Africa, 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

(2005/206/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 310,
with Article 300(2),
thereof,

establishing the European
in conjunction
second sentence,

subparagraph,

first

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

South Africa

authorised the
On 26 April 2004 the Council
Commission, on behalf of
the European Community
and its Member States, to negotiate with the Republic
of
to the
an Additional
Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation
between the European Community and its Member
the one part, and the Republic of South
States, of
the other part (1),
the
Africa, of
accession of
to the
European Union.

ten new Member States

to take account of

Protocol

the

(4)

Subject to its conclusion, the Additional Protocol should
be signed on behalf of the Community and apply on a
provisional basis,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

the Additional Protocol

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the Community
and its Member States,
to the
Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between
the European Community and its Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of South Africa, 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 Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Additional Protocol shall be applied provisionally subject to
its conclusion.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2005.

The Additional Protocol negotiated with the Republic of
South Africa provides,
in Article 10(2), for the provi-
sional application of the Additional Protocol before its
entry into force.

For the Council
The President

F. BODEN

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 109.