Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, on accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the PCA
Date: 2007-03-27
Institutions: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Atomic Energy Community, European Community, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

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to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, on accession of the
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the PCA

PROTOCOL

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

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,

ROMANIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’, represented by the Council of the European Union, and

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THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as ‘the Communities’, represented by the Council of the European Union and the European
Commission, of the one part, and

UKRAINE

of the other part,

hereinafter referred to as ‘the Parties’ for the purposes of this Protocol,

HAVING REGARD TO the provisions of the Treaty between 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 and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member
States of the European Union) and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania concerning the accession of the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, which was signed at Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 and entered into force
on 1 January 2007,

CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between Ukraine and the European Union arising from the accession to the
EU of two new Member States, which opens opportunities and brings about challenges for cooperation between Ukraine
and the European Union,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the desire of the Parties to ensure the attainment and implementation of the objectives and
principles of the PCA,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 4

and

European Communities

The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania shall be Parties to the
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a part-
nership between the
their
Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other
part, signed at Luxembourg on 14 June 1994 and entered
(hereinafter ‘the Agreement’),
into force on 1 March 1998,
and shall adopt and take note,
in the same manner as the
other Member States of the Community, of the texts of the
Agreement, and of
the Joint Declarations, Declarations and
Exchanges of Letters annexed to the Final Act signed on the
same date and the Protocol to the Agreement of 10 April 1997,
which entered into force on 12 October 2000, and the Protocol
to the Agreement of 29 April 2004 that entered into force on 1
February 2006.

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the
1.
first month following the date of deposit of the last instrument
of approval.

Pending the date of its entry into force, this Protocol shall

2.
apply provisionally as from the date of its signature.

Article 5

The texts of

the Agreement,

the Final Act and all
1.
documents annexed to it, and the Protocols to the Agreements
of 10 April 1997 and 29 April 2004 are drawn up in the
Bulgarian and Romanian languages.

Article 2

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 3

1.
This Protocol shall be approved by the Communities, by
the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member
States and by Ukraine in accordance with their own procedures.

2.
The Parties shall notify each other of the completion of
the procedures referred to in the preceding paragraph. The
instruments of approval shall be deposited with the General
Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

2.
They are annexed to this Protocol and are equally
authentic with the texts in the other languages in which the
Agreement, the Final Act and the documents annexed to it, and
the Protocols to the Agreements of 10 April 1997 and 29 April
2004 are drawn up.

Article 6

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, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish and
Ukrainian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

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Съставено в Брюксел на двадесет и седми март две хиляди и седма година.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintisiete de marzo de dos mil siete.
V Bruselu dne dvacátého sedmého března dva tisíce sedm.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syvogtyvende marts to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebenundzwanzigsten März zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta märtsikuu kahekümne seitsmendal päeval Brüsselis.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι επτά Μαρτίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.

Done at Brussels on the twenty-seventh day of March in the year two thousand and seven.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-sept mars deux mille sept.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventisette marzo duemilasette.
Briselē, divtūkstoš septītā gada divdesmit septītajā martā.
Priimta du tūkstančiai septintųjų metų kovo dvidešimt septintą dieną Briuselyje.
Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer-hatodik év március havának huszonhetedik napján.
Magħmul fi Brussel, fis-sebgħa u għoxrin jum ta' Marzu tas-sena elfejn u sebgħa.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zevenentwintigste maart tweeduizend zeven.
Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego siódmego marca roku dwa tysiące siódmego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e sete de Março de dois mil e sete.
Adoptat la Bruxelles, douăzeci și cinci martie două mii șapte.

V Bruseli dvadsiateho siedmeho marca dvetisícsedem.
V Bruslju, sedemindvajsetega marca leta dva tisoč sedem.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäseitsemäntenä päivänä maaliskuuta vuonna kaksituhatta-
seitsemän.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugosjunde mars tjugohundrasju.

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Зa държaвите-членки
Por los Estados miembros
Za členské státy
For medlemsstaterne
Für die Mitgliedstaaten
Liikmesriikide nimel
Για τα кράτη 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

Зa Εврoпейската общност
Por las Comunidades Europeas
Za Evropská společenství
For De Europæiske Fællesskaber
Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften
Euroopa ühenduste nimel
Για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Kοινότητες
For the European Communities
Pour les Communautés européennes
Per le Comunità europee
Eiropas Kopienu vārdā
Europos Bendrijų vardu
Az Európai Közösségek részéről
Għall-Komunitajiet Ewropej
Voor de Europese Gemeenschappen
W imieniu Wspόlnot Europejskich
Pelas Comunidades Europeias
Pentru Comunitatea Europeanā
Za Európske spoločenstvá
Za Evropske skupnosti
Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta
På Europeiska gemenskapernas vägnar

3a Yкраиа
Por Ucrania
Za Ukrajinu
For Ukraine
Für die Ukraine
Ukraina nimel
Για την Оυκραία
For Ukraine
Pour l’Ukraine
Per l’Ucraina
Ukrainas vārdā
Ukrainos vardu
Ukrajna részéről
Għall-Ukrajna
Voor Oekraϊne
W imieniu Ukrainy
Pela Ucrânia
Pentru Ucraina
Za Ukrajinu
Za Ukrajino
Ukrainan puolesta
På Ukrainas vägnar