PROTOCOL

to the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE 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 REPUBLIC OF CROATIA,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

HUNGARY,

THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA,

THE KINGDOM OF 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

Contracting Parties to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’, represented by the Council of the European Union, and

THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as ‘the European Union’,

of the one part,

and

THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM, hereinafter referred to as ‘Viet Nam’,

of the other part,

hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘the Contracting Parties’ for the purposes of this Protocol,

HAVING REGARD TO the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013,

WHEREAS the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in Brussels on 27 June 2012;

WHEREAS the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty of Accession’, was signed in Brussels on 9 December 2011;

WHEREAS pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, its accession to the Agreement is to be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to the Agreement,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Republic of Croatia hereby accedes as a Party to the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 27 June 2012, and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner as the other Member States of the European Union, of the texts of the Agreement, as well as of the Declarations thereto.

Article 2

In due time after the initialling of this Protocol, the European Union shall communicate to its Member States and to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam the Croatian language version of the Agreement. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol, the language version referred to in the first sentence of this Article shall become authentic under the same conditions as the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Vietnamese language versions of the Agreement.

Article 3

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

1. This Protocol shall be approved by the European Union, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States and by Viet Nam in accordance with their own procedures. The Contracting Parties shall notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose. The instruments of approval shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

2. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval, but not before the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

Article 5

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Vietnamese languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly empowered to this effect, have signed this Protocol.

Съставено в Брюксел на деветнадесети ноември две хиляди и четиринадесета година.

Hecho en Bruselas, el diecinueve de noviembre de dos mil catorce.

V Bruselu dne devatenáctého listopadu dva tisíce čtrnáct.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den nittende november to tusind og fjorten.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am neunzehnten November zweitausendvierzehn.

Kahe tuhande neljateistkümnenda aasta novembrikuu üheksateistkümnendal päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα εννέα Νοεμβρίου δύο χιλιάδες δεκατέσσερα.

Done at Brussels on the nineteenth day of November in the year two thousand and fourteen.

Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-neuf novembre deux mille quatorze.

Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu devetnaestog studenoga dvije tisuće četrnaeste.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciannove novembre duemilaquattordici.

Briselē, divi tūkstoši četrpadsmitā gada deviņpadsmitajā novembrī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai keturioliktų metų lapkričio devynioliktą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-tizennegyedik év november havának tizenkilencedik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussell, fid-dsatax-il jum ta’ Novembru tas-sena elfejn u erbatax.

Gedaan te Brussel, de negentiende november tweeduizend veertien.

Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia dziewiętnastego listopada roku dwa tysiące czternastego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em dezanove de novembro de dois mil e catorze.

Întocmit la Bruxelles la nouăsprezece noiembrie două mii paisprezece.

V Bruseli devätnásteho novembra dvetisícštrnásť.

V Bruslju, dne devetnajstega novembra leta dva tisoč štirinajst.

Tehty Brysselissä yhdeksäntenätoista päivänä marraskuuta vuonna kaksituhattaneljätoista.

Som skedde i Bryssel den nittonde november tjugohundrafjorton.

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За държавите-членки

Por los Estados miembros

Za členské státy

For medlemsstaterne

Für die Mitgliedstaaten

Liikmesriikide nimel

Για τα κράτη μέλη

For the Member States

Pour les États membres

Za države članice

Per gli Stati membri

Dalībvalstu vārdā –

Valstybių narių vardu

A tagállamok részéről

Għall-Istati Membri

Voor de lidstaten

W imieniu Państw Członkowskich

Pelos Estados-Membros

Pentru statele membre

Za členské štáty

Za države članice

Jäsenvaltioiden puolesta

För medlemsstaterna

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За Европейския съюз

Рог la Unión Europea

Za Evropskou unii

For Den Europæiske Union

Für die Europäische Union

Euroopa Liidu nimel

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση

For the European Union

Pour l'Union européenne

Za Europsku uniju

Per l'Unione europea

Eiropas Savienības vārdā –

Europos Sąjungos vardu

Az Európai Unió részéről

Għall-Unjoni Ewropea

Voor de Europese Unie

W imieniu Unii Europejskiej

Pela União Europeia

Pentru Uniunea Europeană

Za Európsku úniu

Za Evropsko unijo

Euroopan unionin puolesta

För Europeiska unionen

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За Социалистическа Република Виетнам

Por la República Socialista de Vietnam

Za Vietnamskou Socialistickou Republiku

For den Socialistiske Republik Vietnam

Für die Sozialistische Republik Vietnam

Vietnami Sotsialistliku Vabariigi nimel

Για τη Σοσιαλιστική Δημοκρατία του Βιετνάμ

For the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

Pour la République socialiste du Viêt Nam

Za Socijalističku Republiku Vijetnam

Per la Repubblica Socialista del Vietnam

Vjetnamas Sociālistiskās Republikas vārdā –

Vietnamo Socialistinės Respublikos vardu

A Vietnami Szocialista Köztársaság részéről

Għar-Repubblika Soċjalista tal-Vjetnam

Voor de Socialistische Republiek Vietnam

W imieniu Socjalistycznej Republiki Wietnamu

Pela República Socialista do Vietname

Pentru Republica Socialistă Vietnam

Za Vietnamskú Socialistickú Republiku

Za Socialistično Republiko Vietnam

Vietnamin Sosialistisen Tasavallan puolesta

För Socialistiska Republiken Vietnam

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