2008/430/EC,Euratom: Council and Commission Decision of 26 May 2008 on the conclusion of the 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: 2008-05-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

11.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 151/35

COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 May 2008

on the conclusion of the 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

(2008/430/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the last sentence
of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133
and 181a,
second sentence of
Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3),
thereof,

in conjunction with the

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of
Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

(2)

the Protocol has been
Pending its entry into force,
applied on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2007.

(3)

The Protocol should be approved,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The 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 is hereby approved on behalf of the European
Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the
Member States.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

The text of the Protocol is annexed to this Decision (3).

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

Having regard to the Council’s approval pursuant to Article 101
of
the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community,

Whereas:

(1)

to the Partnership and Cooperation
The Protocol
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
European
signed on behalf of
Union, was
Community and its Member States on 27 June 2007
in accordance with Council Decision 2007/548/EC (2).

the

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European
Community and its Member States, give the notification
provided for in Article 3(2) of the Protocol (4). The President
of the Commission shall simultaneously give such notification
on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

Done at Brussels, 26 May 2008.

For the Council
The President

For the Commission
The President

D. RUPEL

José Manuel BARROSO

(1) Opinion delivered on 10 July 2007 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) OJ L 202, 3.8.2007, p. 30.

(3) OJ L 202, 3.8.2007, p. 31.
(4) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the
Council.