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| Mission of Switzerland to the European Union |
Brussels, December 11, 2013 Secretariat of the Council of the European Union Directorate General D Justice and Home Affairs Brussels |
The Swiss Mission to the European Union presents its compliments to the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and, referring to the Council's notification of 12 November 2013, issued pursuant to Art. 7, para. 2, let. A, first sentence of the agreement between the Swiss Confederation, the European Union and the European Community on the association of the Swiss Confederation with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (hereinafter: Association agreement) 3 , signed in Luxembourg on 26 October 2004, has the honour to acknowledge receipt of this notification, which reads as follows:
" Pursuant to Art. 7, para. 2, let. A, first sentence and art. 14, para. 1 of the Agreement between Switzerland and the Schengen acquis, the adoption of the following act shall be notified to Switzerland:
In accordance with Art. 7, para. 2, let. A and b of the Association Agreement and subject to the fulfilment of the constitutional requirements of Switzerland, the Swiss Mission to the European Union informs the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union that Switzerland Accepts the content of the act annexed to the notification of the Council, an act which forms an integral part of this reply note, and will transpose it into its internal legal order .
In accordance with Art. 7, para. 2, let. B of the Association Agreement, Switzerland shall promptly inform the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union of the fulfilment of its constitutional requirements.
In accordance with Art. 7, para. 3 of the Association Agreement, the notification of the Council of 12 November 2013 and the present reply note create rights and obligations between Switzerland and the European Union and thus constitute an agreement between Switzerland and the European Union.
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the notification by Switzerland of the fulfilment of its constitutional requirements. It may be denounced under the conditions set out in Art. 7 and 17 of the Association Agreement.
A copy of this note is addressed to the European Commission, General Secretariat, SG.A. 3, Brussels.
The Swiss Mission to the European Union takes this opportunity to renew to the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union the assurance of its high regard.
1 RO 2015 2639
2 Translation of original English text.
3 RS 0.362.31
4 R (EU) n O 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 establishing the European Border Surveillance System (Eurosur), version of OJ L 295, 6.11.2013, p. 11.
