CELEX: 51996PC0150
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-23
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Russian Federation (EC/EURATOM/ECSC)

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                                                   Brussels, 23.05.1996
                                                   COM(96) 150 final
                                                  VO/0106 (AVC)
                                   Proposal for a
                   COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION
  on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
           between the European Communities and their Member States
                            and the Russian Federation
                            f EC / EURATOM / ECSC)
                          (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            Explanatory memorandum
   The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities
   and their Member States and the Russian Federation signed the 24 June 1994
   takes the Agreement on trade and commercial and economic" cooperation
   concluded by the EEC and Euratom with the Soviet Union on 18 December 1989
   a step further for the Communities.
   The PCA is based on the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel
   Community, the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
   Article 54 (2), the last sentence of Article 57 (2), and Articles 66, 73 c (2), 75,
   84 (2), 99, 100, 113 and 235, in conjunction with Article 228 ( 2) and the
   second subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof, and the Treaty establishing the
   European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of
   Article 101 thereof.
   Whereas there three new Member States have to be added to the list of
   contracting Parties and the list of signatories and authentic texts of the
   Agreements, its Annexes and Protocols, the Final Act and all documents
   annexed to it, have to be established in Finnish and Swedish.
2. A need arose for a protocol to the text of the Agreement signed on 24 June 1994.
3. The accession to the European Union and thereby to the Eurpean Community of
   Austria, Finland and Sweden on 1 January 1995 means these three new Member
   States have to be added to the list of contracting parties and the list of signatories.
4. In light of the above, the Commission proposes that the Council adopt the
   annexed Decision.
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 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION
                                              OF
   on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
             between the European Communities and their Member States
                                and the Russian Federation
                                 (EC / EURATOM / ECSC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 54 (2), the last sentence of Article 57 (2), and Articles 66, 73 c (2), 75, 84 (2),
99, 100, 113 and 235, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 228 ( 2) and the
second subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof.
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 assent of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the approval of the Council given in accordance with Article 101 of the
Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having consulted the ECSC Consultative Committee and the Economic and Social
Committee, and with the unanimous assent of the Council,
Whereas the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Finland
acceded to the European Unions, and thereby to the Communities on January 1, 1995.
Whereas there three new Member States have to be added to the list of contracting
Parties and the list of signatories and authentic texts of the Agreements, its Annexes and
Protocols, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it, have to be established in
Finnish and Swedish,
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                           Article 1
The protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European
Communities and their Member States and the Russian Federation introducing the name
of the three new Member States - Austria, Finland and Sweden- which joined the
European Communities and their Member States on 1.1 1995 is hereby approved on
behalf of the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the
European Atomic Energy Community.
The texts of the Protocol and its Annexes arc attached to this Decision.
 ---pagebreak---                                           Article 2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 112 (2) of
the Agreement on behalf of the European Community. The President of the Commission
shall give such notification on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community and the
European Atomic Energy Community.
Done at Brussels,
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 ---pagebreak---                                     PROTOCOL
to the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation, establishing a Partnership between the
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES and their Member States, of the one part and the
RUSSIAN FEDERATION, of the other part.
THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM
THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
IRELAND
THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA
THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND
THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY the
Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY and the
Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY,
hereinafter referred to as the "Member States", and of
the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
and the EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the
Community",
of the one part, and
the RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
of the other part,
 ---pagebreak--- taking into account the accession of THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC
OF FINLAND and THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN to the European Union and thereby
to the Community on 1 January 1995,
have agreed as follows:
                                          Article 1
THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND and THE
KINGDOM OF SWEDEN are Parties to the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation,
establishing a Partnership between the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES and their Member
states, of the one part, and the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, of the other part, signed at
Corfu on 24 June 1994, and respectively adopt and take note of, as other Member States
of the Community, the texts of the Agreement, as well as of Joint Declaration,
Exchanges of Letters, and Declaration by the RUSSIAN FEDERATION annexed to the
Final Act signed on the same date.
                                          Article 2
The texts of the Agreement, the Final Act and all documents annexed to it are drawn up
in the Finnish and Swedish languages. They are annexed to the present protocol and are
equally authentic with the texts in the other languages in which the Agreement, the Final
 Act and the documents annexed to it are drawn up.
                                          Article 3
This protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,
German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Russian languages, each ol
these texts being equally authentic.
                                          Article 4
 The protocol will be approved by the Parties in accordance with their own procedures
  This protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the
 day on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures referred
 io in the first paragraph.
 Done at                             on
 For                                                   For
 THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM                                THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
                                            £
 ---pagebreak--- THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
IRELAND
THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA
THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND
THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
For THE COMMUNITY
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