2007/763/EC: Council Decision of 8 November 2007 concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention established by the Council in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union
Date: 2007-11-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to an agreement, agreement (EU), criminal law, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU

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II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 November 2007

concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention established by the Council in
accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union on Mutual Assistance in Criminal
Matters between the Member States of the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

Having regard to the 2005 Treaty of Accession,

(2007/763/EC)

(2)

(3)

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

The Mutual Assistance Convention was complemented
by the Protocol signed on 16 October 2001, which
entered into force on 5 October 2005 (3)
(hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Mutual Assistance Protocol’).

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
comprises, inter alia, the Mutual Assistance Convention
and the Mutual Assistance Protocol. They are to enter
into force in relation to Bulgaria and Romania on the
date determined by the Council.

Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,

(4)

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,

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

(1)

The Convention established by the Council in accordance
with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union on
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the
Member States of
(hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Mutual Assistance Convention’) was
signed at Brussels on 29 May 2000 and entered into
force on 23 August 2005.

the European Union (2)

(1) Opinion of 10 July 2007 (Not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ C 197, 12.7.2000, p. 3.

Article 1

The Mutual Assistance Convention shall enter into force on the
first day of the first month following the date of adoption of
this Decision between Bulgaria, Romania and the Member States
for which the Convention is in force at that date. It shall enter
into force between Bulgaria or Romania and each of the other
Member States on the day the Mutual Assistance Convention
enters into force for the other Member State concerned.

(3) Protocol established by the Council in accordance with Article 34 of
the Treaty on European Union to the Convention on Mutual
Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the
European Union (OJ C 326, 21.11.2001, p. 2).

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The Mutual Assistance Protocol shall enter into force on the
first day of the first month following the date of adoption of
this Decision between Bulgaria, Romania and the Member States
for which the Protocol is in force at that date. It shall enter into
the other
force between Bulgaria or Romania and each of
Member States on the day the Mutual Assistance Protocol
enters into force for the other Member State concerned.

Article 2

The text of the Mutual Assistance Convention and the Mutual
Assistance Protocol, drawn up in the Bulgarian and Romanian
languages (1), shall be authentic under the same conditions as
the other texts of the Mutual Assistance Convention and the
Mutual Assistance Protocol.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

R. PEREIRA

(1) The Bulgarian and Romanian version of the Convention shall be
published in a special edition of the Official Journal at a later date.