2009/173/EC: Council Decision of 5 June 2007 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 5 June 2007

on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and
the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic
of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

(2009/173/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the third 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) thereof,

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

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

the Republic of

Agreement between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the
accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to
the European Union.

(2)

(3)

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

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

the Council authorised the
On 23 October 2006,
Commission, on behalf of
the Community and its
Member States, to negotiate with the Republic of Azer­
baijan a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

and

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European
to the
Communities and their Member States,
the
Partnership
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to
take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union, subject to possible conclusion
at a later stage.

Cooperation Agreement

the Protocol

between

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The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision (1).

Article 2

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

Done at Luxembourg, 5 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

P. STEINBRÜCK

(1) See page 9 of this Official Journal.