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Law No. 22 Of 1 March 2004 For Romania's Accession To The North Atlantic Treaty Signed In Washington On 4 April 1949

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 22 din 1 martie 2004 pentru aderarea României la Tratatul Atlanticului de Nord, semnat la Washington la 4 aprilie 1949

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LEGE no. 22 22 of 1 March 2004 for the accession of Romania to the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington on 4 April 1949
ISSUER PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 185 185 of 3 March 2004



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article UNIC Romania joins the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington on 4 April 1949, as amended. This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in the joint meeting of February 26, 2004, in compliance with the provisions of art 149 of the Romanian Constitution, republished. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT VALER DORNEANU SENATE PRESIDENT NICOLAE VACAROIU Bucharest, March 1, 2004. No. 22. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY Washington DC, 4 April 1949 The Parties to this Treaty, reaffirming their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the desire to live in peace with all peoples and governments, determined to safeguard freedom, their common heritage and the civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual freedom and the rule of law, keen to promote stability and well-being in the North Atlantic space, determined to unite their efforts for the purpose of their collective defence and the maintenance of peace and security, have agreed on this Treaty of the North Atlantic. + Article 1 The Parties undertake, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, to resolve by peaceful means any international dispute in which they may be involved, so as not to prejudice peace and security. international, as well as justice, and to refrain in international relations from recourse to the threat of force or use of force in any manner incompatible with the purposes of the United Nations. + Article 2 The Parties will contribute to further development of international relations based on peace and friendship, by strengthening their free institutions, by ensuring a better understanding of the principles on which these institutions are founded and through promoting conditions for ensuring stability and well-being. They will seek to eliminate the differences between their international economic policies and encourage economic collaboration between each or all sides. + Article 3 In order to achieve the objectives of this Treaty as effectively as possible, the Parties, acting individually or collectively, by developing their own means and by providing mutual support on a continuous and effective basis, will maintain and develop individual and collective capacity to withstand an armed attack. + Article 4 The Parties shall consult each other whenever, in the opinion of any of them, territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened. + Article 5 The parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them, in Europe or in North America, will be considered an attack against all parties and, consequently, I agree that if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercising the right to individual or collective self-defense, recognized by art. 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will support the party or the contested parties, by making immediate, individual and together with the other parties, any action it considers necessary, including the use of armed force, in order to to restore and maintain security in the North Atlantic space. Any such armed attack and all measures adopted as a result will be immediately brought to the attention of the Security Council. These measures will cease after the Security Council has adopted the necessary measures to restore and maintain international peace and security. + Article 6 For the purposes of art. 5 5, is considered an armed attack on one or more of the parties an armed attack: ((i) on the territory of any party in Europe or in North America, in the Algerian departments of France, on the territory of Turkey or on the islands under the jurisdiction of any of the parts of the North Atlantic area, north of Tropic of Cancer; ((ii) on the forces, vessels or aircraft of any of the Parties, which are located on or above these territories or in any other area of Europe, in which the occupying forces of one of the Parties were stationed on the date of entry into force of the this treaty, or on the Mediterranean or in the North Atlantic space, north of the Tropic of Cancer. + Article 7 The treaty does not affect and will not be interpreted as affecting in any way the rights and obligations arising from the Charter of the United Nations for the parties that are members of the United Nations or the primary responsibility of Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security. + Article 8 Each party declares that no international commitment, currently in force, between this and any of the other parties or a third State is in contradiction with the provisions of this Treaty and undertakes not to assume any international obligation which would be contrary to this Treaty. + Article 9 By this Article, the Parties shall set up a Council, in which each of them will be represented, in order to analyse the problems relating to the application of this The Council shall be so organised as to be able to meet promptly and in any circumstances. The Council will constitute the necessary subsidiary bodies; in particular, it will urgently set up a defence committee that will recommend the measures to apply art. 3 3 and 5. + Article 10 The Parties, by unanimous agreement, may invite any other European State capable of promoting the development of its principles and contributing to the security of the North Atlantic space. Any State thus invited may become a party to this Treaty, following the submission to the Government of the United States of America of its instrument of accession. The United States Government will inform each party of the submission of each instrument of accession. + Article 11 This treaty will be ratified and its provisions will be carried out by the parties in accordance with their own constitutional regulations. The instruments of ratification will be submitted as soon as possible to the Government of the United States of America, which will inform all signatories of the deposit of each instrument of ratification. The treaty will enter into force between the states that ratified it, as soon as the instruments of ratification have been deposited by most signatories, including by Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, and will enter into force for the other States on the date of deposit of their instruments of ratification. + Article 12 After this Treaty will be in force for 10 years or at any later date, the parties, at the request of either of them, shall consult for the purpose of its review, taking into account the factors which at that time affect the peace and security in the North Atlantic space, including the evolution of the arrangements, both universal and regional, concluded in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, for the maintenance of international peace and security. + Article 13 After the present treaty will be in force for 20 years, either party may denounce it one year after passing the denunciation note to the Government of the United States of America, which will inform the governments of the other parties in relation to the filing each denunciation note. + Article 14 This treaty, whose texts in English and French are equally authentic, will be stored in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. Certified copies thereof will be transmitted by the Government of the United States of America to the governments of the other signatory states NOTE: 1. The North Atlantic Treaty was signed on April 4, 1949, by the Kingdom of Belgium, Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway, Portugal, the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 4 April 1949 and entered into force on 24 August 1949, after the deposit of the ratification by all signatory States. 2. Greece and Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty in 1952, the Federal Republic of Germany in 1955, Spain in 1982 and the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary in 1999. --------------