2008/792/EC: Council Decision of 25 February 2008 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2008-02-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, Uzbekistan, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

14.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 272/5

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 25 February 2008

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

(2008/792/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

the Council authorised the
On 23 October 2006,
the Community and its
Commission, on behalf of
Member States, to negotiate with the Republic of Uzbe­
kistan a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement
a partnership between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other
part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

establishing

(2)

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

(3)

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European
Communities and their Member States,
to the
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a part­
nership between the
their
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan,
of
the
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union,
subject to possible conclusion at a later stage.

European Communities

to take account of

the accession of

the other part,

the Protocol

and

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2008.

For the Council
The President

A. VIZJAK