Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-06-27
Institutions: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Atomic Energy Community, European Community, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Subjects: Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

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

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

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,

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of the one part, and

GEORGIA,

of the other part,

hereinafter referred to as ‘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 in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 and is applied from 1
January 2007,

CONSIDERING the new situation in relations between Georgia and the European Union arising from the accession to the
EU of two new Member States, which opens opportunities and brings about challenges for the cooperation between
Georgia 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 Georgia, of the other
part, signed in Luxemburg on 22 April 1996 and entered
into force on 1 July 1999 (hereinafter the Agreement) and
shall respectively adopt and take note,
in the same manner,
as the other Member States, of the texts of the Agreement, as
well as of the Joint Declarations, Exchanges of Letters, and
Declaration by Georgia annexed to the Final Act signed on
the same date and the Protocol to the Agreement of 30 April
2004, which entered into force on 1 March 2005.

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 Georgia in accordance with their own procedures.

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the
the last

1.
first month following the date of
instrument of approval.

the deposit of

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

2.
apply provisionally with effect from 1 January 2007.

Article 5

The texts of

the Agreement,

the Final Act and all
1.
documents annexed to it, as well as the Protocol
to the
Agreement of 30 April 2004, are drawn up in the Bulgarian
and Romanian languages.

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, as
well as the Protocol to the Agreement of 30 April 2004, are
drawn up.

Article 6

The Parties shall notify each other of the completion of
2.
the corresponding 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.

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

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

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintisiete de junio de dos mil siete.

V Bruselu dne dvacátého sedmého června dva tisíce sedm.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den syvogtyvende juni to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebenundzwanzigsten Juni zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta juunikuu kahekümne seitsmendal päeval Brüsselis

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι επτά Iουνίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.

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

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

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventisette giugno duemilasette.

Briselē, divi tūkstoši septītā gada divdesmit septītajā jūnijā

Priimta du tūkstančiai septintųjų metų birželio dvidešimt septintą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer-hetedik év június havának huszonhetedik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussell, is-sebgħa u għoxrin ta' Lulju, elfejn u sebgħa

Gedaan te Brussel, de zevenentwintigste juni tweeduizend zeven.

Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia dwudziestego siódmego czerwca roku dwa tysiące siódmego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e sete de Junho de dois mil e sete.

Încheiat la Bruxelles la douăzeci și șapte iunie, anul două mii șapte.

V Bruseli dvadsiateho siedmeho júna dvetisícsedem

V Bruslju, sedemindvajsetega junija leta dva tisoč sedem.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäseitsemäntenä päivänä kesäkuuta vuonna kaksi-
tuhattaseitsemän.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugosjunde juni tjugohundrasju.

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За Държавите-членки
Por 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 rėszéről
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 Европейските общности
Por las Comunidades Europeas
Za Evropská společenství
For De Europæiske Fællesskaber
Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften
Euroopa Ühenduste nimel
Για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Κοινότητες
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 Wspólnot Europejskich
Pelas Comunidades Europeias
Pentru Comunitatea Europeană
Za Európske spoločenstvá
Za Evropski skupnosti
Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta
På Europeiska gemenskapernas vägnar

За Грузия
Por Georgia
Za Gruzii
for Georgien
Für Georgien
Gruusia nimel
Για τη Γεωργία
For Georgia
Pour la Géorgie
Per la Georgia
Gruzijas vārdā
Gruzijos vardu
Grúzia részéről
Għall-Ġeorġa
Voor Georgië
W imieniu Gruzji
Pela Geórgia
Pentru Georgia
Za Gruzínsko
Za Gruzijo
Georgian puolesta
På Georgiens vägnar

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