CELEX: 51993PC0216
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-18
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION - Amendment to Article 51 of the Interim Agreement with Bulgaria

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     C0M(93) 216  final
                                                     Brussels, 18 May 1993
m                                Amended proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                               Amendment to Article 51 of
                           the Interim Agreement with Bulgaria
                (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3)
                                   of the EEC-Treaty)
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                   Explanatory memorandum
1. Due to a delay in procedures imputable to a divergence of
   views between Member States concerning the regulations for
   the application of safeguard measures to be adopted under
   the Interim Agreement, the notification procedures relating
   to the Interim Agreement could not be adopted before 30
   April 1993. Under the present wording of art. 51, this
   implies that the Interim Agreement cannot enter into force
   on 1 June 1993 as envisaged.
2. Therefore a modification is proposed to art. 51 which
   aims at shortening the period between the reciprocal
   notification by both parties of the completion of all
   procedures necessary for the entry into force of the
   Interim Agreement, so that the Agreement can enter into
   force on 1 June 1993 as originally provided for.
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                                             INTERIM AGREEMENT
                            A r t i c l e 51
This Agreement w i l l be approved by the P a r t i e s in accordance w i t h            their
own p r o c e d u r e s .
This Agreement s h a l l enter i n t o force on the f i r s t day of the
month f o l l o w i n g t h e date on which the P a r t i e s n o t i f y each o t h e r t h a t
the procedures r e f e r r e d t o i n the f i r s t Paragraph have been c o m p l e t e d .
Upon i t s e n t r y i n t o f o r c e . A r t i c l e s 2 t o 18 of the Agreement between
the European Economic Community, the European Atomic Energy Community
and B u l g a r i a on t r a d e and economic and commercial c o o p e r a t i o n signed
on 8 May 1990, s h a l l be suspended.
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                                                               Draft
A.   Letter from the Community
Sir,
The interim agreement between the European Economic Community and
European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Bulgaria, which
contains the provisions on trad^ and ba<> up me A su fa* round Mi Hi*
Europe Agreement, was signed In Brussels on 8 March 1993 In or dei to
bring about a rapid Implementation of those provisions. Article 51 of
the Interim agreement stipulates that the agreement should enter into
force on the first day of the second month following thn data on which
the Parties notify each other of the completion of approval pioceduie»
The date of entry into force anticipated wlmn tho Intel im nyi «0111011! wat,
signed was 1 June 1993.
Since the Parties approval p r o d u i r e * tow* SUffMmJ *»<«ro*« »«frtoiM-a!
delay, and since the Parties still consider that the agreement should
enter into force on 1 June 1993, they have agie©d to replace the eotoml
paragraph of Article 51 of the Intorlm agreement with the following:
     "This agreement shall enter Into force on the first day of the month
     following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the
     completion of the procedures provided for in the first paragraph".
I should be grateful If you would confirm that your government          is in
agreement with the contents of this letter.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
                                           For the Community
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B.  Letter from the Republic of Bulgaria
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date,
which reads as follows:
"The interim agreement between the European Economic Community and
European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Bulgaria, which
contains the provisions on trade and back-up measures found in the
Europe Agreement, was signed in Brussels on 8 March 1993 in order to
bring about a rapid implementation of those provisions. Article 51 of
the interim agreement stipulates that the agreement should enter into
force on the first day of the second month following the date on which
the Parties notify each other of the completion of approval procedures.
The date of entry into force anticipated when the interim agreement was
signed was 1 June 1993.
Since the Parties approval procedures have suffered some technical
delay, and since the Parties still consider that the agreement should
enter into force on 1 June 1993, they have agreed to replace the second
paragraph of Article 51 of the interim agreement with the following:
     "This agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month
     following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the
     completion of the procedures provided for in the first paragraph".
I should be grateful if you would confirm that your government      is in
agreement with the contents of this letter."
I ahve the honour to confirm that my Government is in agreement with the
contents of your letter.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
                                        For the Government of
                                        the Republic of Bulgaria
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