2008/777/EC: Council Decision of 22 July 2008 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2008-07-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Romania, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

8.10.2008

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

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 July 2008

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

(2008/777/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Republic of Kazakhstan, of
account of
the accession of
and Romania to the European Union.

to take
the other part,
the Republic of Bulgaria

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,

(2)

(3)

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

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

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

the Republic of

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

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
Kazakhstan a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooper­
ation Agreement between the European Communities
the one part, and the
and their Member States, of

and

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European
to the
Communities and their Member States,
the
Partnership
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part, to
take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union, subject to possible conclusion
at a later stage.

Cooperation Agreement

the Protocol

between

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

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

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2008.

For the Council
The President

B. KOUCHNER