2007/751/EC: Council Decision of 8 November 2007 concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3(2)(c) of the Treaty on European Union on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union
Date: 2007-11-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, European official, Romania, accession to an agreement, civil servant, corruption, fraud, judicial cooperation

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II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 November 2007

concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention drawn up on the basis of
Article K.3(2)(c) of the Treaty on European Union on the fight against corruption involving officials
of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union

(2007/751/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

Having regard to the 2005 Treaty of Accession,

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

Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,

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

Slovenia and Slovakia have deposited their instruments of
accession to the Convention against corruption involving
officials.

(3)

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 Convention against corruption
involving officials. They are to enter into force in relation
to Bulgaria and Romania on the date determined by the
Council.

(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,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

The Convention drawn up on the basis of Article
K.3(2)(c) of the Treaty on European Union on the fight
the European
against corruption involving officials of
the
Communities or officials of Member States of
‘the
European Union (2)
referred to as
(hereinafter
Convention against corruption involving officials’) was
signed at Brussels on 26 May 1997 and entered into
force on 28 September 2005.

(2)

Following their
accession to the European Union,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland,

Article 1

The Convention against corruption involving officials 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

drawn

the Convention against corruption involving
The texts of
officials
and Romanian
Bulgarian
the
languages (3) shall be authentic under the same conditions as
the other texts of the Convention against corruption involving
officials.

up

in

(1) Opinion of 10 July 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ C 195, 25.6.1997, p. 2.

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

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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, 8 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

R. PEREIRA