COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part
COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part
20 April 2004
“The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan of the other part is a “mixed” agreement, which entered into force on 1 July 1999, i.e. before the enlargement of the Union to include the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic. It has therefore become necessary to draw up a protocol to the PCA to allow for the accession of the ten new Member States to the Agreement in accordance with Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession annexed to the Treaty of Accession of 16 April 2003. The Protocol also covers certain technical adjustments linked to institutional and legal developments within the European Union.”
