The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: on the Protocol amending the Protocol on the transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community article 1. 23 June 2010 in Brussels signed the Protocol amending the Protocol on the transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (hereinafter referred to as the Protocol), with this law is adopted and approved.
2. article. Fulfilment of the obligations provided for in the Protocol are coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
3. article. This Protocol shall enter into force on its article 2 and for the period specified in the order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the newspaper "journal".
4. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. With the law to be put in the Latvian language in the Protocol.
The Parliament adopted the law on 14 October 2010.
President Valdis Zatlers in Riga V 2010 27 October Protocol amending the Protocol on the transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community to the Kingdom of Belgium, Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, hereinafter referred to as the "High Contracting Parties", WHEREAS after the 2009 June 4 to 7 recorded in European elections is the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, and as provided for in the Declaration, adopted by the European Council of 11 and 12 December meeting and the European Council's political agreement, which it reached in 2009, June 18-19 Summit, provision should be made for transitional arrangements for the composition of the European Parliament until the 2009-2014 parliamentary term ends, whereas such transitional provisions should ensure that those Member States that the number of members of the European Parliament would be higher if the June 2009 European Parliament elections would force the Treaty of Lisbon, should such additional number and space so they can fill this place in the light of the number of seats for each Member State, which was expected in the draft decision of the European Council, with the agreement of the political year 2007 11 October expressed by the European Parliament and the Council (Declaration No 5 annexed to the final act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon), and having regard to Declaration No 4 annexed to the final act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon, WHEREAS the remainder of the period from the date of entry into force of this Protocol, to the European Parliament 2009-2014 parliamentary term ends to create an additional 18 sites for the Member States of the European Council of 18 and 19 June meeting of the political agreement reached, WHEREAS to this end it is necessary to permit provisionally to exceed the number of MEPs from each Member State and the maximum number of members provided for in the Treaty and the regulations in force for the June 2009 European Parliament elections, and article 14, paragraph 2, first subparagraph of the Treaty on European Union in which the Lisbon Treaty amended, whereas it is also necessary to establish the detailed rules in accordance with which the Member States concerned will be able to fill out a provisional additional space created, WHEREAS concerning the transitional provisions must be amended the Protocol on the transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, have agreed upon the following provisions.
Article 1 of the Protocol on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, article 2 shall be replaced by the following: ' article 2 1 the period remaining until the European Parliament 2009-2014 term, starting from the end of the entry into force of this article and by way of derogation from the Treaty establishing the European Community, the second paragraph of article 189 and article 190 paragraph 2 and of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community the second subparagraph of article 107 and article 108. in paragraph 2, which was in force for the June 2009 European Parliament elections, and by way of derogation from the Treaty on European Union, article 14, paragraph 2, laid down in the first subparagraph, the number of existing sites in addition to 736 creates the following 18 places, thus, for the period up to 2009 – 2014 parliamentary term of the European Parliament by the end of the number of seats will increase to 754 provisional places: Bulgaria 1 Netherlands 1 Spain 4 Austria 2 2 Poland 1 France Slovenia Latvia 1 Sweden 1, Italy 1 2 1 1 2 Malta United Kingdom. By way of derogation from the Treaty on European Union, article 14, paragraph 3, the Member States concerned shall nominate persons to take in additional places referred to in paragraph 1, in accordance with the legislation of the Member States concerned and provided that such persons are elected by direct universal suffrage: a) ad hoc direct universal suffrage in the Member State concerned in accordance with the provisions applicable to European Parliament elections;
(b)) based on 2009 June 4 to 7 in the European Parliament election results; or (c) the Parliament of the Member State concerned) to enter the required number of deputies from among each of these, in accordance with the procedure laid down for the Member States.
3. in accordance with the Treaty on European Union, article 14, paragraph 2, second subparagraph, of the European Council in good time before the 2014 elections to the European Parliament, shall adopt a decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament. '.
Article 2 the High Contracting Parties to this Protocol shall be subject to ratification in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the Italian Republic.
This Protocol, if possible, enter into force in 2010 on 1 December, provided that all the instruments of ratification are deposited, or if it has not happened – the first day of the month following the date on which the instrument of ratification deposited by the last signatory.
Article 3 of this Protocol, in one original copy in the English, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, French, Greek, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Republic of Italy; each of these texts being equally authentic, and shall be issued by the Government of the Italian Republic a certified copy of any other signatory Governments.
In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Protocol.
In Brussels, the two thousand ten twenty-third in June.