2006/245/EC: Council Decision of  27 February 2006  on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, 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, pursuant to their accession to the European Union
Date: 2006-02-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, Switzerland, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), free movement of persons, protocol to an agreement

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 February 2006

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to
the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the
Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, regarding the participation, as
contracting parties, 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, pursuant to their accession
to the European Union

(2006/245/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310,
in
conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the second subpar-
agraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

Following the authorisation given to the Commission on 5 May 2003, negotiations with the Swiss
Confederation for a Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member
States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons,
regarding the participation, as contracting parties, 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,
pursuant to their accession to the European Union have been concluded.

(2)

According to Council Decision of 26 October 2004, and pending its conclusion at a later date, this
Protocol was signed on behalf of the European Community and its Member States on 26 October
2004.

(3)

The Protocol should be approved,

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part,
and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, regarding the participation, as
contracting parties, 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, pursuant to their accession to the European Union, is
hereby approved on behalf of the European Community and its Member States.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, give the notification
provided for in Article 6 of the Protocol (1).

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2006.

For the Council
The President

U. PLASSNIK

(1) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the

General Secretariat of the Council.