Key Benefits:
The President of the Republic,
On the report of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Having regard to Articles 52 to 55 of the Constitution;
In light of the amended Decree No. 53-192 of 14 March 1953 concerning the Ratification and publication of the international commitments entered into by France;
Given the decree n ° 2003-463 of 19 May 2003 on the publication of the agreement Cooperation and customs union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, done in Brussels on 16 December 1991,
Décrète:
The Protocol to the Cooperation and Customs Union Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino following the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union, done in Brussels on 30 October 1997, will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
The Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall each have responsibility for the execution of this Decree, which shall be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
P R O T O C O L E
TO THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE EUROPEAN
Her Majesty the King of the Belgians,
Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark,
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany,
Le President of the Hellenic Republic,
His Majesty the King of Spain,
The President of the French Republic,
The President of Ireland,
The President of the Italian Republic,
His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
Her Majesty the Queen in the Netherlands,
The Federal President of the Republic Austria,
The President of the Portuguese Republic,
The President of the Republic of Finland,
The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden,
Her Majesty the Queen in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
whose states are Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
The Council of the European Union, of the one part, and
The Government of the Republic of San Marino, of the other part,
In view of the agreement on cooperation and customs union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino Signed in Brussels on 16 December 1991, hereinafter referred to " Agreement " ;
Whereas the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995,
agreed as follows:
Article 1
The Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden become Contracting Parties to the Agreement.
Article 2
The texts of the Agreement, written in Finnish and Swedish, shall be authentic under the same conditions as the original text and shall be annexed to this Protocol.
Article 3
This Protocol shall be approved by Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures. It shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the notification by the Contracting Parties of the completion of these procedures.
Article 4
This Protocol shall be drawn up in two Copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
FINAL ACT
Plenipotentiaries:
From the Kingdom of Belgium,
From the Kingdom of Denmark,
From the Federal Republic of Germany,
From the Hellenic Republic,
From the Kingdom of Spain,
From the French Republic,
From Ireland,
From the Italian Republic,
From the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
From the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
From the Republic of Austria,
From the Portuguese Republic,
From the Republic of Finland,
From the Kingdom of Sweden,
From the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the Community European, hereinafter referred to as " Member States ", and
From the European Community, of the one part, and
The Plenipotentiary of the Republic of San Marino, hereinafter referred
as"
30 October 1997, for the signing of the Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino following the accession of The Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union, adopted the said Protocol.
The Plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the European Community and the Plenipotentiary of San Marino adopted the Joint declaration annexed to this Final Act.
JOINT DECLARATION
The Council of the European Union and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council and the Republic of San Marino note that the cooperation and union agreement Customs between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, of 16 December 1991, was signed before the last enlargement of the European Union and, consequently, it was necessary to negotiate an adaptation protocol, To allow the extension of the agreement to the new Member States, signed Today. Pending the entry into force of this Protocol, the European Economic Community and its Member States and the Republic of San Marino shall apply, provisionally or definitively, from the first day of the following first month The date on which the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of San Marino, on the other hand, have notified each other of the completion of the necessary internal procedures. The Council and the Member States will take the necessary measures to ensure the simultaneous entry into force of the aforementioned cooperation and customs union agreement.
Done at Brussels on 30 October 1997.
Done at Paris, June 19, 2003.
Jacques Chirac
By the President of the Republic:
Prime Minister,
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Foreign Minister,
Dominique de Villepin
