Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-02-21
Institutions: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Community, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Subjects: Bulgaria, Mexico, Romania, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), economic cooperation, political cooperation, protocol to an agreement

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SECOND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the
European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of
the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania 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,

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THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

hereinafter referred to as ‘European Community Member States’,

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’,

THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES,

hereinafter referred to as ‘Mexico’,

and

THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

ROMANIA,

hereinafter referred to as ‘the New Member States’,

WHEREAS the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the Community and its
Member States, of the one part, and Mexico, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in
Brussels on 8 December 1997 and entered into force on 1 October 2000;

WHEREAS the first Additional Protocol to the Agreement was signed in Mexico City on 2 April 2004 and in Brussels on
29 April 2004;

WHEREAS the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
(hereinafter referred to as ‘Treaty of Accession’) was signed in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession attached to that
Treaty of Accession, the incorporation of the New Member States to the Agreement is to be formalised by the conclusion
of a Protocol to the Agreement;

WHEREAS Article 55 of the Agreement states: ‘For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘the parties’ shall mean, on the one
hand, the Community or its Member States or the Community and its Member States, in accordance with their respective
areas of competence, as derived from the Treaty establishing the European Community and, on the other hand, Mexico’;

WHEREAS Article 56 of the Agreement states: ‘This Agreement shall apply to the territory in which the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Community is applied under the conditions laid down in that Treaty, on the one hand, and to the
territory of the United Mexican States, on the other’;

WHEREAS Article 59 of the Agreement states: ‘This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English,
Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally
authentic’;

WHEREAS the first Additional Protocol to the Agreement takes 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;

WHEREAS the Agreement was authenticated in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish,
Slovak and Slovenian language versions under the same conditions as the versions drawn up in the original languages of
the Agreement;

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WHEREAS the Community, in view of the date of accession of the New Member States to the European Union, may need
to apply the provisions of this Protocol before having completed all internal procedures required for its entry into force;

WHEREAS Article 5(3) of this Protocol would allow for the Protocol to be applied provisionally by the Community and
its Member States before they had completed their internal procedures required for its entry into force,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 5

The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania are hereby incorporated
as Parties to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination
and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community
and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican
States, of the other part.

This Protocol

1.
shall be signed and approved by the
Community, by the Council of the European Union on behalf
of the Member States and by Mexico in accordance with their
respective procedures.

Article 2

this Protocol

the initialling of

Within six months of
the
Community shall communicate to the Member States and to
Mexico the Bulgarian and Romanian language versions of the
Agreement. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol the
new language versions shall become authentic under the same
conditions as the versions drawn up in the present languages of
the Agreement.

Article 3

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

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

2.
This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the
month following the date on which the Parties notify each other
of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.

the internal procedures of

Notwithstanding paragraph 2,

the Parties agree that,
3.
pending the completion of
the
Community and its Member States for the entry into force of
the Protocol, they shall apply the provisions of this Protocol for
a maximum period of 12 months from the first day of the
month following the date on which the Community and its
Member States give notification of
their
procedures necessary for that purpose and Mexico gives notifi-
cation of the completion of its procedures necessary for entry
into force of the Protocol.

the completion of

Notification shall be sent to the Secretary-General of the
4.
Council of the European Union who shall be the depositary for
the Agreement.

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Cъставено в Брюкссл на двалесет и първи февруари две хиляди и седма година.
Hecho en Bruselas, el veintiuno de febrero del dos mil siete.
V Bruselu dne dvacátého prvního února dva tísíce sedm.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den enogtyvende februar to tusind og syv.
Geschehen zu Brüssel am einundzwanzigsten Februar zweitausendsieben.
Kahe tuhande kuuenda aasta veebruarikuu kahekümne esimesel päeval Brüsselis.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι μία Φεβρουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.
Done at Brussels on the twenty-first day of February in the year two thousand and seven.
Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt et un février deux mille sept.
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventuno febbraio duemilasette.
Briselē, divtūkstoš septītā gada divdesmit pirmajā februārī.
Priimta du tūkstančiai septintų metų vasario dvidešimt pirmą dieną Briuselyje.
Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer hetedik év február havának huszonegyedik napján.
Maghmul fi Brussell, fil-wiehed u ghoxrin jum ta' Frar tas-sena elfejn u sebgha.
Gedaan te Brussel, de eenentwintigste februari tweeduizend zeven.
Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia dwudziestego pierwszego lutego roku dwa tysiące siódmego.
Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e um de Fevereiro de dois mil e sete.
Întocmit la Bruxelles, douăzeci și unu februarie două mii șapte.
V Bruseli dvadsiateho prvého februára dvetisícsedem.
V Bruslju, enaindvajsetega februarja leta dva tisoč sedem.
Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäensimmäisenä päivänä helmikuuta vuonna kaksituhatta-
seitsemän.
Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugoförsta februari tjugohundrasju.

За държавите-членки
Рог 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
Pentru statele membre
Za členské štáty
Za države članice
Jäsenvaltioiden puolesta
På medlemsstaternas vägnar

За Европейската общност

Por la Comunidad Europea
Za Evropské společenství
For Det Europæiske Fællesskab
Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft
Euroopa Ühenduse nimel
Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

For the European Community
Pour la Communauté européenne
Per la Comunità europea
Eiropas Kopienas vārdā
Europos bendrijos vardu
az Europai Közösség részéről
Għall-Komunita Ewropea
Voor de Europese Gemeenschap
W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej
Pela Comunidade Europeia
Pentru Comunitatea Europeană
Za Európske spoločenstvo
Za Evropsko skupnost
Euroopan yhteisön puolesta
På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

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За Съединените мексикански щати

Por los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Za Spojene státy mexické
For De Forenede Mexicanske Stater
Für die Vereinigten Mexikanischen Staaten
Mehhiko Ühendriikide nimel
Για τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες του Μεξικού

For the United Mexican States
Pour les États-Unis mexicains
Per gli Stati Uniti messicani
Meksikas Savienoto Valstu vārdā
Meksikos Jungtinių Valstijų vardu
a Mexikói Egyesült Államok részéről
Għall-Istati Uniti Messikani
Voor de Verenigde Mexicaanse Staten
W imieniu Meksykańskich Stanów Zjednoczonych
Pelos Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Pentru Statele Unite Mexicane
Za Spojené Státy mexické
Za Združene države Mehike
Meksikon yhdysvaltojen puolesta
För Mexikos förenta stater