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Application of art. 52 to 55 of the Constitution.

Keywords

BUSINESS AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS , INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT , BILATERAL AGREEMENT , NORD ATLANTIQUE , PROTOCOLE , CROATIA , ACCESSION , RATIFICATION

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JORF n°0142 of 21 June 2009 page 10153
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Decree No. 2009-734 of 18 June 2009 on the publication of the protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of the Republic of Croatia, signed in Brussels on 9 July 2008 (1)

NOR: MAEJ0910652D ELI: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2009/6/18/MAEJ0910652D/jo/texte
Alias: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2009/6/18/2009-734/jo/texte

President of the Republic,
On the report of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs,
Seen them Articles 52 to 55 of the Constitution ;
Vu la Act No. 2009-175 of 16 February 2009 authorizing the ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Croatia;
Vu le Decree No. 49-1271 of 4 September 1949 publishing the North Atlantic Treaty, signed on 4 April 1949 in Washington;
Vu le Decree No. 53-192 of 14 March 1953 amended on the ratification and publication of international commitments undertaken by France,
Decrete:

Article 1

The protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of the Republic of Croatia, signed in Brussels on 9 July 2008, will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.

Article 2

The Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs are responsible for the execution of this decree, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.

• Annex

  
  

  
  P R O T O C O L E
  THE WORK OF THE NORTH ATLANTIQUE
  SUR L'ACCESSION DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE CROATIE

  
  Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, signed on 4 April 1949 in Washington, D.C.,
  Ensuring that the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the North Atlantic Treaty will increase the security of the North Atlantic region,
  The following:

  
  Article I

  
  Upon the entry into force of this Protocol, the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization shall, on behalf of all Parties, send an invitation to the Government of the Republic of Croatia to accede to the North Atlantic Treaty. In accordance with Article 10 of the Treaty, the Republic of Croatia will become a Party to this Treaty on the date of its deposit with the Government of the United States of America.

  
  Article II

  
  This Protocol shall enter into force when all Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty have notified their approval to the Government of the United States of America. The Government of the United States of America will inform all Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty of the date of receipt of each notification and the date of entry into force of this Protocol.

  
  Article III

  
  This Protocol, whose texts in English and French are equally authentic, will be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. Certified true copies will be transmitted by the latter to the Governments of all other Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty.
  In faith, the plenipotentiaries listed below have signed this protocol.
  Signed in Brussels on 9 July 2008.

  
  For the French Republic:
  Richard Duqué
  Permanent Representative
  to the North Atlantic Council

Done in Paris, June 18, 2009.

Nicolas Sarkozy

By the President of the Republic:

The Prime Minister,

François Fillon

Minister for Foreign Affairs

and European,

Bernard Kouchner

(1) This Agreement entered into force on 30 March 2009.

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