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Document 22003A1009(02)

Agreement amending the Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (PECA)

OJ L 256, 9.10.2003, p. 21–22 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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22003A1009(02)

Agreement amending the Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (PECA)

Official Journal L 256 , 09/10/2003 P. 0021 - 0022


Agreement

amending the Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (PECA)

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, hereinafter referred to as "the Parties",

WHEREAS on 26 February 2001 the Parties concluded a Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (PECA)(1), hereinafter referred to as "the Protocol",

WHEREAS the Protocol in Article 8 restricted the application of the Protocol to industrial products that originate in the Parties according to non-preferential rules of origin,

CONSIDERING that in order to improve trade between the Parties, to simplify the operation of the Protocol, and to improve alignment with the position that will apply after accession of the Republic of Hungary to the European Union, the restriction in Article 8 of the Protocol should be deleted by way of an amendment to the Protocol,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Amendment to the Protocol

The Protocol is amended as follows:

Article 8 is replaced by the following:

"Article 8

Origin

The provisions of this Protocol shall apply to industrial products irrespective of their origin."

Article 2

Entry into force

This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Parties have exchanged diplomatic notes confirming the completion of their respective procedures for adoption of this Agreement.

This Agreement is drawn up in two originals in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Hungarian, each text being equally authentic.

Hecho en Bruselas, el treinta y uno de julio de dos mil tres./Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den enogtredivte juli to tusind og tre./Geschehen zu Brüssel am einunddreißigsten Juli zweitausendunddrei./Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις τριάντα μία Ιουλίου δύο χιλιάδες τρία./Done at Brussels on the thirty-first day of July in the year two thousand and three./Fait à Bruxelles, le trente-et-un juillet deux mille trois./Fatto a Bruxelles, addì trentuno luglio duemilatre./Gedaan te Brussel, de eenendertigste juli tweeduizenddrie./Feito em Bruxelas, em trinta e um de Julho de dois mil e três./Tehty Brysselissä kolmantenakymmenentenäensimmäisenä päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna kaksituhattakolme./Som skedde i Byssel den trettioförsta juli tjugohundratre./Készült Brüsszelben, 2003. július 31-én.

Por la Comunidad Europea/For Det Europæiske Fællesskab/Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft/Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα/For the European Community/Pour la Communauté européenne/Per la Comunità europea/Voor de Europese Gemeenschap/Pela Comunidade Europeia/Euroopan yhteisön puolesta/På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

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(1) OJ L 135, 17.5.2001, p. 37.

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