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(State on 28 March 2008)
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| Mission of Switzerland to the European Union |
Brussels, 28 March 2008 |
| Secretariat of the Council of the European Union |
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 6 June 2005, 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 2 (hereinafter the Agreement on the Agreement), signed in Luxembourg on 26 October 2004, has the honour to acknowledge receipt of the notification which reads as follows:
" Pursuant to Art. 7, para. 2, let. A, first sentence and art. 14, para. 1 of the agreement associating Switzerland with the Schengen acquis, the adoption of the following acts is notified to Switzerland:
In accordance with Art. 7, para. 2, let. A, second sentence of the Association Agreement, 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 shall be transposed into its internal legal order.
In accordance with Art. 7, para. 3 of the Association Agreement, the notification of the Council of 6 June 2005 and the present reply note create rights and obligations between Switzerland and the European Community and thus constitute an agreement between Switzerland and the Community European.
This agreement will enter into force on the date of this reply note. It may be denounced under the conditions set out in Art. 7 and 17 of the Association Agreement.
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.
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European Commission, General Secretariat, to the attention of Karl von Kempis, Brussels
1 Translation of original English text.
2 RS 0.362.31
3 Regulation (EC) n O 851/2005 of the Council of 2 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No O 539/2001 fixing the list of third countries whose nationals are subject to the visa requirement to cross the external borders of the Member States and the list of those whose nationals are exempt from that obligation in respect of The reciprocity mechanism, OJ n O L 141 of 4.6.2005, p. 3.
