2007/546/EC: Council Decision of 22 March 2007 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, on accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the PCA
Date: 2007-03-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, European Community, Moldova, Romania, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

3.8.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 March 2007

on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement (PCA) between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part,
and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, on accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the PCA

(2007/546/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Member States and the Republic of Moldova (1) to take
account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union.

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the last sentence
of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133
and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of the first
subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of
Article 300(3), thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

(2)

(3)

Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the
initialled on 22 February 2007 should be
Protocol
signed on behalf of
the European Communities and
their Member States.

The Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis as
from 1 January 2007, pending completion of
the
relevant procedures for its formal conclusion,

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European
the Protocol
Communities and their Member States,
to the
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
(PCA) 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 Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the PCA, subject to possible conclusion at a later
stage.

the accession of

(1)

the Council authorised the
On 23 October 2006,
the Community and its
Commission, on behalf of
Member States,
to negotiate with the Republic of
Moldova a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement between the European Communities and their

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

(1) OJ L 181, 24.6.1998, p. 3.

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Pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 2007.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.

For the Council
The President

W. TIEFENSEE