Key Benefits:
The National Assembly and the Senate adopted,
The President of the Republic enacts the following legislation:
It is authorized to approve the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters, signed in Paris and Imperia on 1 July 2002, supplementing the agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Italian Republic on cross-border cooperation in police and customs matters, signed on 3 October 1997, and annexed to this Act (2).
This law will be enforced as a law of the State.
Done in Paris, 19 December 2003.
Jacques Chirac
By the President of the Republic:
The Prime Minister,
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Dominique de Villepin
(1) Preparatory work: Act No. 2003-1211.
National Assembly:
Bill No. 757;
Report of Mr. Jean-Claude Guibal, on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee, No. 952;
Discussion and adoption (Simplified Review Procedure) June 26, 2003.
Senate:
Bill, adopted by the National Assembly, No. 372 (2002-2003);
Report of Mr. Philippe François, on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee, No. 442 (2002-2003);
Discussion and adoption on 10 December 2003.
(2) Subsequently, the text will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.