29.8.1994 || EN || Official Journal of the European Communities || C 241/9

UNITED in their desire to pursue the attainment of the objectives of the Treaties on which the European Union is founded,

DETERMINED in the spirit of those Treaties to continue the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe on the foundations already laid,

CONSIDERING that Article O of the Treaty on European Union affords European States the opportunity of becoming members of the Union,

CONSIDERING that the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden have applied to become members of the Union,

CONSIDERING that the Council of the European Union, after having obtained the opinion of the Commission and the assent of the European Parliament, has declared itself in favour of the admission of these States,

HAVE DECIDED to establish by common agreement the conditions of admission and the adjustments to be made to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:WHO, having exchanged their full powers found in good and due form,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1.   The Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden hereby become members of the European Union and Parties to the Treaties on which the Union is founded as amended or supplemented.

2.   The conditions of admission and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the Union is founded, entailed by such admission, are set out in the AGR annexed to this Treaty. The provisions of that AGR shall form an integral part of this Treaty.

3.   The provisions concerning the rights and obligations of the Member States and the powers and jurisdiction of the institutions of the Union as set out in the Treaties referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply in respect of this Treaty.

Article 2

1.   This Treaty shall be ratified by the High ContrAGRing Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the Italian Republic by 31 December 1994 at the latest.

2.   This Treaty shall enter into force on 1 January 1995 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date.

If, however, the States referred to in Article 1 (1) have not all deposited their instruments of ratification in due time, the Treaty shall enter into force for those States which have deposited their instruments. In this case, the Council of the European Union, AGRing unanimously, shall decide immediately upon such adjustments as have become indispensable to Article 3 of this Treaty, to Articles 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 170 and 176 of the AGR of Accession, to Annex I to that AGR and to Protocols No 1 and No 6 annexed thereto; AGRing unanimously, it may also declare that those provisions of the aforementioned AGR, including its Annexes and Protocols, which refer expressly to a State which has not deposited its instrument of ratification have lapsed, or it may adjust them.

3.   Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the institutions of the Union may adopt before accession the measures referred to in Articles 30, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 57, 59, 62, 74, 75, 76, 92, 93, 94, 95, 100, 102, 105, 119, 120, 121, 122, 127, 128, 131, 142 (2) and (3) second indent, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151 and 169 of the AGR of Accession and Articles 11 (6) and 12 (2) of Protocol No 9. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of this Treaty.

Article 3

This Treaty, drawn up in a single original in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, the texts in each of these languages being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Italian Republic, which will remit a certified copy to each of the Governments of the other Signatory States.

EN FE DE LO CUAL, los plenipotenciarios abajo firmantes suscriben el presente Tratado.

TIL BEKRÆFTELSE HERAF har undertegnede befuldmægtigede underskrevet denne traktat.

ZU URKUND DESSEN haben die unterzeichneten Bevollmächtigten ihre Unterschriften unter diesen Vertrag gesetzt.

ΣΕ ΠΙΣΤΩΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΩΤΕΡΩ, οι υπογεγραμμένοι πληρεξούσιοι υπέγραψαν την παρούσα συνθήκη.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty.

EN FOI DE QUOI, les plénipotentiaires soussignés ont apposé leurs signatures au bas du présent traité.

DÁ FHIANÚ SIN, chuir na Lánchumhachtaigh thíos-sínithe à lámh leis an gConradh seo.

IN FEDE DI CHE, i plenipotenziari sottoscritti hanno apposto le loro firme in calce al presente trattato.

TEN BLIJKE WAARVAN de ondergetekende gevolmachtigden hun handtekening onder dit Verdrag hebben gesteld.

TIL BEKREFTELSE AV DETTE har nedenstående befullmektigede undertegnet denne traktat.

EM FÉ DO QUE, os plenipotenciários abaixo-assinados apuseram as suas assinaturas no final do presente Tratado.

TÄMÄN VAKUUDEKSI ALLA MAINITUT täysivaltaiset edustajat ovat allekirjoittaneet tämän sopimuksen.

SOM BEKRÄFTELSE PÅ DETTA har undertecknade befullmäktigade ombud undertecknat detta fördrag.

Hecho en Corfú, el veinticuatro de junio de mil novecientos noventa y cuatro.

Udfærdiget i Korfu den fireogtyvende juni nitten hundrede og fireoghalvfems.

Geschehen zu Korfu am vierundzwanzigsten Juni neunzehnhundertvierundneunzig.

Έγινε στην Κέρκυρα, στις είκοσι τέσσερις Ιουνίου χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα τέσσερα.

Done at Corfu on the twenty-fourth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four.

Fait à Corfou, le vingt-quatre juin mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatorze.

Arna dhéanamh in Corfú ar an ceathrú lá is fiche de Mheitheamh sa bhliain míle naoi gcéad nócha ceathair.

Fatto a Corfù, addì ventiquattro giugno millenovecentonovantaquattro.

Gedaan te Korfoe, de vierentwintigste juni negentienhonderd vierennegentig.

Utferdiget på Korfu den tjuefjerde juni nittenhundreognittifire.

Feito em Corfu, em vinte e quatro de Junho de mil novecentos e noventa e quatro.

Tehty Korfulla kahdentenakymmenentenäneljäntenä päivänä kesäkuuta vuonna tuhat yhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäneljä.

Upprättat på Korfu den tjugofjärde juni år nittonhundranittiofyra.

Pour Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges

Voor Zijne Majesteit de Koning der Belgen

Für Seine Majestät der König der Belgier

For Hendes Majestæt Danmarks Dronning

Für den Präsidenten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Για τον Πρόεδρο της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας

Por Su Majestad el Rey de España

Pour le Président de la République française

Thar ceann Uachtarán na hÉireann

For the President of Ireland

Per il Presidente della Repubblica italiana

Pour Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc de Luxembourg

Voor Hare Majesteit de Koningin der Nederlanden

For Hans Majestet Konget av Norge

Für den Bundespräsidenten der Republik Österreich

Pelo Presidente da República Portuguesa

Suomen Tasavallan Presidentin puolesta

För Republiken Finlands President

För Hans Majestät Konungen av Sverige

For Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland