2007/543/EC: Council Decision of 23 July 2007 concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention)
Date: 2007-07-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, European convention, Europol, Romania, accession to the European Union

1.8.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 200/47

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 July 2007

concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on the establishment of a
European Police Office (Europol Convention)

(2007/543/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

Having regard to the 2005 Treaty of Accession,

(3)

(4)

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession (hereinafter
the ‘Act of Accession’), and in particular
referred to as
Article 3(4) thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,

The Europol Convention was amended by three other
signed on 30 November 2000 (3), 28
Protocols
November 2002 (4) and 27 November 2003 (5). The
Protocols of 30 November 2000 and 28 November
2002 entered into force on 29 March 2007 whereas
the Protocol of 27 November 2003 entered into force
on 18 April 2007.

the Act of Accession provides

Article 3(3) of
that
Bulgaria and Romania are to accede to the conventions
and protocols concluded between the Member States,
listed in Annex I
to the Act of Accession, which
inter alia, the Europol Convention and the
comprises,
Protocols of 24 July 1996, 19 June 1997, 30
November
27
28 November
and
November 2003. They are to enter
into force in
relation to Bulgaria and Romania on the date determined
by the Council.

2000,

2002

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

(5)

In accordance with Article 3(4) of the Act of Accession
the Council is to make all adjustments required by reason
of accession to those conventions and protocols,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

The Convention on the establishment of a European
Police Office (Europol Convention) (hereinafter referred
to as the ‘Europol Convention’) was signed at Brussels
on 26 July 1995 and entered into force on 1 October
1998.

The Europol Convention was complemented by two
Protocols signed on 24 July 1996 and 19 June 1997
which entered into force respectively on 29 December
1998 and 1 July 1999 (2).

(1) Opinion of 10 July 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) The Protocol of 24 July 1996 on the basis of Article K.3 of the
Treaty on the European Union on the interpretation, by way of
preliminary rulings, by the Court of Justice of the European Commu-
nities of the Convention on the establishment of a European Police
Office (Europol) (OJ C 299, 9.10.1996, p. 2) and the Protocol of 19
June 1997 drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on the
European Union and Article 41(3) of the Europol Convention, on
the privileges and immunities of Europol, the members of its organs,
the Deputy Directors and employees of Europol
(OJ C 221,
19.7.1997, p. 2).

Article 1

The Europol Convention and the Protocols of 24 July 1996, 19
June 1997, 30 November 2000, 28 November 2002 and 27
November 2003 shall enter into force for Bulgaria and Romania
on the first day of
the first month following the date of
adoption of this Decision.

Article 2

The texts of the Europol Convention and the Protocols of 24
July 1996, 19 June 1997, 30 November 2000, 28 November
2002 and 27 November 2003, drawn up in the Bulgarian and
Romanian languages and annexed to this Decision, shall be
authentic under the same conditions as the other texts of the
Europol Convention and the said Protocols.

(3) OJ C 358, 13.12.2000, p. 2.
(4) OJ C 312, 16.12.2002, p. 2.
(5) OJ C 2, 6.1.2004, p. 3.

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This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2007.

For the Council
The President

L. AMADO

ANNEX

Text of the Europol Convention and of the Protocols of 24 July 1996, 19 June 1997, 30 November 2000, 28 November
2002 and 27 November 2003 in the Bulgarian and Romanian languages.