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Maastricht UniversityEuropean Institute for Public AdministrationMaster in European Public AffairsModule: VI

An Overview of the Treaty ofAccession of Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia,

Slovenia to the European Union

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Phedon Nicolaides

Author: Madalina Ivanica

June 2003

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. INTRODUCTION1. INTRODUCTION1. INTRODUCTION1. INTRODUCTION 4444

2. A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION2. A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION2. A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION2. A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION 5555

3. MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION3. MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION3. MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION3. MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION 7777

3.1 I3.1 I3.1 I3.1 INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONSNSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONSNSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONSNSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 77773.2 P3.2 P3.2 P3.2 PERMANENT PROVISIONSERMANENT PROVISIONSERMANENT PROVISIONSERMANENT PROVISIONS 121212123.3 T3.3 T3.3 T3.3 TEMPORARY PROVISIONSEMPORARY PROVISIONSEMPORARY PROVISIONSEMPORARY PROVISIONS 121212123.4 S3.4 S3.4 S3.4 SAFEGUARD MEASURESAFEGUARD MEASURESAFEGUARD MEASURESAFEGUARD MEASURES 16161616

4. ANNEXES4. ANNEXES4. ANNEXES4. ANNEXES 17171717

5.5.5.5. PROTOCOLSPROTOCOLSPROTOCOLSPROTOCOLS 18181818

6.6.6.6. FINAL ACTFINAL ACTFINAL ACTFINAL ACT 22222222

7. DECLARATIONS7. DECLARATIONS7. DECLARATIONS7. DECLARATIONS 23232323

8. PROVISIONS ON SCHENGEN ACQUIS8. PROVISIONS ON SCHENGEN ACQUIS8. PROVISIONS ON SCHENGEN ACQUIS8. PROVISIONS ON SCHENGEN ACQUIS 29292929

9. PROVISIONS ON ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION9. PROVISIONS ON ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION9. PROVISIONS ON ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION9. PROVISIONS ON ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION 29292929

10. GENERAL SAFEGUARD CLAUSES10. GENERAL SAFEGUARD CLAUSES10. GENERAL SAFEGUARD CLAUSES10. GENERAL SAFEGUARD CLAUSES 29292929

11. ANNEXES11. ANNEXES11. ANNEXES11. ANNEXES 32323232

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1. Introduction

Six applicant countries - Hungary, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Sloveniaand Cyprus started the accession negotiations on 31 March 1998. On 13 October1999, the Commission recommended Member States to open negotiations withRomania, the Slovak Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Malta.Negotiations were completed in December 2002 with ten candidate countries:Hungary, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus, the SlovakRepublic, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta.In April 2003, in Athens, the Treaty of Accession was signed by the present 15member states and by the 10 acceding countries.For the first time in history, EU is incorporating 10 countries at once, whilebefore, the maximum number of countries admitted was limited to 3. For the 10acceding countries, only one treaty was issued.

The Treaty of Accession comprises two main parts: the first part elaborates theTreaty between the present member states and the candidate countriesconcerning the accession to the European Union and the second part comprisesthe Act concerning the conditions of accession of the candidate countries and theadjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.

The first part of the Treaty of Accession is entitled “Treaty between the presentmember states and the 10 candidate states concerning the accession of the 10candidate states to the European Union”.

The second part of the Treaty of Accession is entitled the “Act concerning theconditions of accession of the 10 candidate countries and of the adjustments tothe Treaties on which the European Union is founded”. This is the largest part ofthe Treaty of Accession and it is divided in several subchapters. It contains fiveparts, the annexes of the Treaty of Accession, the Protocols, the Declarationsand the Final Act.The five parts are the following:1. part one - Principles2. part two – Adjustments to the Treaties3. part three – Permanent provisions4. part four – Temporary provisions5. part five – Provisions relating to the implementation of this ActBesides the five parts, there are 18 annexes followed by the ten protocols ondifferent issues. The Final Act comprises: the Text of the Final Act, theDeclarations adopted by the Plenipotentiaries and other declarations (44declarations in total). The Final Act ends with the “Exchange of letter between EUand the candidate countries on an information and consultation procedure for theadoption of certain decisions and other measures to be taken during the periodpreceding accession”.The content of the five parts, of the protocols and declarations will be developedin the next chapters of this paper.

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2. A detailed overview of the Treaty of AccessionAs I specified in the previous chapter of this paper, the Treaty of Accession isdivided in two main parts: part one comprises the text of the Treaty and part twodeals with conditions of accession and the adjustments to the other Treaties ofthe EU.

Part one, entitled the “Treaty between the present member states and the 10candidate countries concerning the accession of the 10 candidate countries tothe European Union” contains the text of the treaty in which the current memberstates unanimously recognise the need to “continue the process of creating anever closer union among the peoples of Europe on the foundations already laid”1.Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union allows any European state to becomea member of the Union as long as they wish to and they apply for this, as thecurrent candidate countries did. The Council of European Union, after consultingthe Commission and after having the assent of the European Parliament agreedto the admission of the 10 candidate states under special condition of admissionand adjustments of the Treaties on which EU is founded.

The Treaty has only three articles. Article 1 of the Treaty states that “TheCzech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic ofLatvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta,the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic herebybecome members of the European Union and Parties to the Treaties on whichthe Union is founded as amended or supplemented”2.

The conditions of admission and the adjustments of the Treaties are written downin the second part of the Treaty of Accession and will be an integral part of theTreaty. Article 2 specifies that all parties in accordance with their nationallegislation in this matter must ratify the Treaty. The Treaty will enter into force on1 May 2004 as long as all the parties ratified it. If the Treaty was not ratified bythe date of accession, then the Treaty will enter into force for those states thathave been successful in the ratification process.

The last article, specifies that the Treaty “drawn up in a single original in theCzech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek,Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese,Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, the texts in each of theselanguages being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of theGovernment of the Italian Republic, which will remit a certified copy to each ofthe Governments of the other Signatory States”3.

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The second part of the Treaty of Accession contains all issues negotiated by thepresent member states and the 10 candidate countries. It is divided in 5 parts,contains the annexes, the Protocols, the Declarations and the Final Act.The five parts of the Act deal mostly with the different types of provisions, withthe exemption of part one that outlines the principles of the accession.

Part one, entitled “Principles” contains 10 articles. The first article presentsdetailed explanations regarding several terms used in the Act such as “originalTreaties”, “present member states”, “the Union”, “the Community”, “new memberstates”, “the institutions”.

In the next two articles it is clearly stated that the provisions of the originalTreaties and the acts adopted by the institutions and the European Central Bankbefore the accession of the candidate countries shall be binding on thesecountries. At the same time, the provisions of the “Schengen Protocol” shall bebinding from the date of accession for the new member states.

Article 4 states the necessity of the candidate states to participate in theEconomic and Monetary Union from the date of accession.

The next several articles state the need for the candidate countries to accede toall the agreements, arrangements, conventions and protocols concluded by thepresent member states. The new member states shall accede to the agreementsand arrangements concluded by the 15 member states relating to the functioningof the Union. They will have to observe the principles and guidelines of thedeclarations, resolutions or other positions of the European Council and theCouncil and they will take the necessary measures to implement themaccordingly.

All the agreements or conventions concluded or provisionally applied by theCommunity with third states, international organisations or a national of a thirdcountry will be binding for the new member states. The Act specifies also theprocedure by which the new member states can become part of theseagreements and conventions.

In other words, the new 10 member states will have to take part in the followingagreements of the Union:1. with Belarus, China, Chile, Mercosur and Switzerland2. with members of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of states3. European Economic Area4. Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, FYROM, Georgia,

Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova,Morocco, Romania, the Russian Federation, San Marino, South Africa,South Korea, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan

5. bilateral textile agreements and arrangements with third countries6. bilateral steel agreements and arrangements with third countries

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7. fishery agreements with third countries

Another condition will be for the new member states to withdraw from any freetrade agreement with third countries, including Central European Free TradeAgreement as well as from any international fisheries agreements andorganisations to which the Community is also a party.

Part two of the Act deals with the adjustments to the Treaties. It is divide in twotitles: institutional provisions and other adjustments. The institutional provisionsconcern the European institutions: European Parliament, the Council, the Courtof Justice, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of Regions, theScientific and Technical Committee and the European Central Bank. This sectionof the Act elaborates the future constituency of the European institutions, thenumber of members and the financial aspects related to be functioning of theEuropean institutions.

Part three is entitled “permanent provisions” and consists also of two titles:adaptation to acts adopted by the institutions and other provisions. It states thatall the necessary adaptations will be made only if there is the need for acts of theinstitutions prior to accession to be adapted because of the realities imposed bythe accession.

Part four is called “temporary provisions” and consist of transitional measuresand other provisions. It contains details regarding the functioning of the Europeaninstitutions, the budgetary provisions, aspects related to the regional policy, othertypes of financial assistance and the safeguard measures.

Provisions relating to the implementation of the Act are dealt with in part five ofthe Act. These provisions regard the setting up of the institutions and bodies, theapplicability of the acts of the institutions and final provisions.A more elaborate overview of the provisions in the Act of Accession is presentedin the following chapter of the paper.

3. Main provisions of the Treaty of Accession

3.1 Institutional provisionsThis part comprises aspects related with the European institutions: the EuropeanParliament, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Economic and SocialCommittee, the Committee of Regions, the Scientific and Technical Committeeand the European Central Bank.

With regard to the European Parliament, for the period 2004-2009, the number ofrepresentatives elected in each member state will be the following:

Belgium 24Czech Republic 24Denmark 14

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Germany 99Estonia 6Greece 24Spain 54France 78Ireland 13Italy 78Cyprus 6Latvia 9Lithuania 13Luxembourg 6Hungary 24Malta 5Netherlands 27Austria 18Poland 54Portugal 24Slovenia 7Slovakia 14Finland 14Sweden 19United Kingdom 78Total 732

Starting with 1 November 2004, where Council is required to act by qualifiedmajority, the votes will be distributed as follows:

Belgium 12Czech Republic 12Denmark 7Germany 29Estonia 4Greece 12Spain 27France 29Ireland 7Italy 29Cyprus 4Latvia 4Lithuania 7Luxembourg 4Hungary 12Malta 3Netherlands 13Austria 10Poland 27Portugal 12

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Slovenia 4Slovakia 7Finland 7Sweden 10United Kingdom 29Total 321

The acts of the Council in order to be adopted will require 232 votes in favourcast by a majority of the members where the Treaty requires them, otherwisecast by at least two-thirds of the members. A member of the Council may requestverification that the member states constituting the qualified majority represent atleast 62% of the total population of the Union. The threshold for the qualifiedmajority will be 71% for a Council with 300 votes, in the situation of the 10candidate countries not acceding, and 72,27% for an EU of 25 member states.

The provisions regarding the Court of Justice state that every three years, whenthe judges are partially replaced, thirteen and twelve judges shall be replacedalternately. The Court of Justice will consist of twenty-five judges.

The number of members of the Economic and Social Committee will be thefollowing:

Belgium 12Czech Republic 12Denmark 9Germany 24Estonia 7Greece 12Spain 21France 24Ireland 9Italy 24Cyprus 6Latvia 7Lithuania 9Luxembourg 6Hungary 12Malta 5Netherlands 12Austria 12Poland 21Portugal 12Slovenia 7Slovakia 9Finland 9Sweden 12United Kingdom 24Total 317

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The number of members of the Committee of Regions will be the following:

Belgium 12Czech Republic 12Denmark 9Germany 24Estonia 7Greece 12Spain 21France 24Ireland 9Italy 24Cyprus 6Latvia 7Lithuania 9Luxembourg 6Hungary 12Malta 5Netherlands 12Austria 12Poland 21Portugal 12Slovenia 7Slovakia 9Finland 9Sweden 12United Kingdom 24Total 317

As regards the Scientific and Technical Committee, it will consist of thirty-ninemembers, appointed by the Council after consultation with the Commission.

The Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of theEuropean Central Bank annexed to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity will be supplemented with another article stating that “Upon one ormore countries becoming Member States and their respective national centralbanks becoming part of the ESCB, the subscribed capital of the ECB and thelimit on the amount of foreign reserve assets that may be transferred to the ECBshall be automatically increased. The increase shall be determined by multiplyingthe respective amounts then prevailing by the ratio, within the expanded capitalkey, between the weighting of the entering national central banks concerned andthe weighting of the national central banks already members of the ESCB”4.

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In the “Other adjustments” section it is specified that “this Treaty shall apply” toall current and new member states.

All European institutions will make the necessary adaptations in their Rules ofProcedure, in order to incorporate the provisions of the Treaty of Accession.

With regard to the composition of Commission, any new member state will beentitled to have a commissioner. The new members of the Commission will beappointed by the Council acting by qualified majority and by common accord withthe President of the Commission. The new Commission will assume office on 1November 2004 and will expire on 31 October 2009.

Following enlargement, ten judges will be appointed to the Court of Justice andten judges to the Court of First Instance. For the Court of Justice, five of thejudges will be appointed until 6 October 2006, while the other five will beappointed until 6 October 2009. In the case of Court of First Instance, the term ofoffice of five judges will expire on 31 August 2004 and the term of office for theother judges will expire on 31 august 2007.

The Court of Auditors will have ten new members for a six years term.

The Economic and Social Committee will be enlarged with 95 membersrepresenting different economic and social components of the civil society in thenew member states. Their term of office will expire at the same time as those ofthe members in office at the time of accession.

The Committee of Regions will receive 95 new members representing regionaland local bodies in the new member states. The term of office will expire at thesame time as those of the members in office at the time of accession.

As regards the Scientific and Technical Committee, the term of office of thecurrent members will expire on the date of entry into force of the Act ofAccession. A new staff for the Scientific and Technical Committee will beappointed by the Council after enlargement.

The term of office of the new members of all the other Committees, groups andbodies created by the Treaties will expire at the same time as those of themembers in office at the time of accession.

Title II of part five is entitled “Applicability of the Acts of the Institutions” andspecifies that upon accession, the new member states will have to address thedirectives and decisions within the meaning of Article 249 of the EC Treaty and ofArticle 161 of the Euratom Treaty. In the same time, they will have to put intoeffect the measures necessary for them to comply with the provisions of thementioned articles.

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If a new member state has a substantiated request regarding the acts of theinstitutions, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission,may before 1 May 2004, grant temporary derogations.

The Italian Government will have to remit to the new member sates certifiedcopies of all the Treaties adopted at EU level, in national languages of the newmember states, together with certified copies of the international agreementsdeposited in the archives of the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU.

3.2 Permanent provisions

This third part of the Act of Accession comprises “Adaptations to acts adopted bythe institutions” and “Other provisions”.All the adaptations made necessary by accession will be drawn up according tothe procedures laid down in article 57 of the Act of Accession5.

Adaptations to the provisions of the Act relating to the common agricultural policythat might be necessary will be made by the Council acting unanimously on aproposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament.Such adaptations may be made before the date of accession.

3.3 Temporary provisions

The first derogation in this section refers to the number of seats in the EuropeanParliament that the new member states will have from the date of accession untilthe beginning of the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. Therepresentatives of the new member states will be appointed by the parliaments ofthe states themselves, in accordance with the national procedures.

The next article deals with the provisions regarding the Council. When theCouncil has to act by a qualified majority, until 31 October 2004, the votes will bedistributed as follows:

Belgium 5Czech Republic 5Denmark 3Germany 10Estonia 3Greece 5Spain 8

5555 Ar ticle 57: “Where acts of the institutions pr ior to accession require adaptation by reason of Ar ticle 57: “Where acts of the institutions pr ior to accession require adaptation by reason of Ar ticle 57: “Where acts of the institutions pr ior to accession require adaptation by reason of Ar ticle 57: “Where acts of the institutions pr ior to accession require adaptation by reason ofaccession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, thoseaccession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, thoseaccession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, thoseaccession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, thoseadaptations shall be made in accordance with the procedure laid down by paragraphadaptations shall be made in accordance with the procedure laid down by paragraphadaptations shall be made in accordance with the procedure laid down by paragraphadaptations shall be made in accordance with the procedure laid down by paragraph 2. Those 2. Those 2. Those 2. Thoseadaptations shall enter into force as from accession. Paragraph 2: The Council, acting by a qualifiedadaptations shall enter into force as from accession. Paragraph 2: The Council, acting by a qualifiedadaptations shall enter into force as from accession. Paragraph 2: The Council, acting by a qualifiedadaptations shall enter into force as from accession. Paragraph 2: The Council, acting by a qualifiedmajor ity on a proposal from the Commission, or the Commission, according to which of these twomajor ity on a proposal from the Commission, or the Commission, according to which of these twomajor ity on a proposal from the Commission, or the Commission, according to which of these twomajor ity on a proposal from the Commission, or the Commission, according to which of these twoinstitutions adopted the or iginal acts, shall to this end draw up the necessary texts.” Act of Accession,institutions adopted the or iginal acts, shall to this end draw up the necessary texts.” Act of Accession,institutions adopted the or iginal acts, shall to this end draw up the necessary texts.” Act of Accession,institutions adopted the or iginal acts, shall to this end draw up the necessary texts.” Act of Accession,Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. En)

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France 10Ireland 3Italy 10Cyprus 2Latvia 3Lithuania 3Luxembourg 2Hungary 5Malta 2Netherlands 5Austria 4Poland 8Portugal 5Slovenia 3Slovakia 3Finland 3Sweden 4United Kingdom 10Total 124

For the adoption of the acts, the Council will need 88 votes in favour when theTreaty require this, or 88 votes in favour cast by at least two-thirds of themembers, in other cases.

In the event that less then ten new member states accede to the Union, thethreshold for the qualified majority for the period until 31 October 2004 will be aclose as possibly to 71,26% of the total number of votes.

Article 27 includes a reference to the “Common Customs Tariff duties and otherduties” that will include the customs duties calculated on the basis of the ratesresulting from the Common Customs Tariff and any tariff concession relatingthereto applied by the Community in the new member states’ trade with thirdcountries.

In 2004, the harmonised VAT assessment base and the GNI base of each newmember state shall be equal to two-thirds of the annual base. In order tocalculate the frozen rate for 2004, the capped VAT bases of the new memberstates shall be calculated on the basis of two-thirds of their uncapped VAT baseand two-thirds of their GNI.

The next four articles comprise the budgetary provisions.The general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2004 willtake into consideration the accession of the candidate countries and it will be anamended budget that shall enter into effect on 1 May 2004. After accession, thenew member states will be full participants in the financing of the EC budget.

The amount of money (VAT and GNI based resources) that the new memberstates will have to pay for 2004 as well as the retroactive adjustment of themonthly twelfths for the period January - April 2004 that the current member

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states will have to pay, will be divided by 8/12 instead of 12/12 during the periodMay - December 2004.

In the Presidency Conclusions from the Brussels Summit from 24-25 October2002 and Copenhagen European Council from 12-13 December 2002, thecurrent member states agreed that the new member states would receivetemporary budgetary compensations to ensure that they do not become netpayers immediately after accession. The reason behind this decision is that afteraccession, the new member states will have to pay full contributions to the EUbudget immediately, while the budgetary impact in the new member states ofsome structural and agricultural policy support measures will only have results inlong term. If the forecasted cash flow balance with the Community’s budgetcompared to the year 2003 is negative for individual candidate countries in theyears 2004-2006, then they will receive temporary budgetary compensations.This compensations will include lump-sum, digressive and temporary paymentson the expenditure side of the EU budget.

The Community will have to pay the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Malta andSlovenia, as an item of expenditure under the general budget, 1/8 in 2004starting with the date of accession and 1/12 in 2005 and 2006 of the followingamounts of temporary budgetary compensations:

2004 2005 2006(EUR million, 1999 prices)

Czech Republic 125,4 178,0 85,1Cyprus 68,9 119,2 112,3Malta 37,8 65,6 62,9Slovenia 29,5 66,4 35,5

Under the general expenditure under the general budget, the Community will paythe Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,Slovenia and Slovakia 1/8 in 2004 and 1/12 in 2005 and 2006 of the followingamounts of a special lump-sum cash-flow facility:

2004 2005 2006(EUR million, 1999 prices)

Czech Republic 174,7 91,55 91,55Estonia 15,8 2,9 2,9Cyprus 27,7 5,05 5,05Latvia 19,5 3,4 3,4Lithuania 34,8 6,3 6,3Hungary 155,3 27,95 27,95Malta 12,2 27,15 27,15Poland 442,8 550,0 450,0Slovenia 65,4 17,85 17,85Slovakia 63,2 11,35 11,35

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Part of the compensations granted to Poland (1 billion EUR) and Czech Republic(100 million EUR) will be taken into account for the calculation of the distributionof the structural funds for the period 2004-2006.

Some of the new member states will have to pay to the Research Fund for Coaland Steel the following amounts of money:

(EUR million, current prices)

Czech Republic 39,88Estonia 2,5Latvia 2,69Hungary 9,93Poland 92,46Slovenia 2,36Slovakia 20,11

This money will be paid in four instalments starting in 2006 and ending in 2009as follows:

2006: 15%2007: 20%2008: 30%2009: 35%.

Under the 2004 budget, no financial commitments for any program or agencymay be made before the accession of the new member states has taken place.

Articles 32-34 develop aspects related to the regional policy. It is stated that after31 December 2003, no financial commitments shall be made under the Phareprogram, the Phare Cross-Border Co-operation program, pre-accession funds forCyprus and Malta, the ISPA program and the SAPARD program.

The expenditure under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,Guarantee Section will become available after accession. But no financialcommitments shall be made in relation to expenditure for rural developmentunder the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, GuaranteeSection, on the basis of support for rural development from the EuropeanAgricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. Under the Phare program, the Phare CBC program and the pre-accession fundsfor Cyprus and Malta, the tendering, contracting, implementations and paymentsfor pre-accession assistance will be managed by implementing agencies in thenew member states from the date of accession.

The last programming exercise for the pre-accession assistance will take place inthe last full calendar year preceding accession. In order to ensure the phasing-out of the pre-accession financial instruments, the Commission will take

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measures to ensure that the staff is maintained in the new member states for amaximum of fifteen months after accession.

Another type of financial assistance provided by the Union will take the form of“Transition Facility”. This facility will be granted between the date of accessionand the end of 2006 and will be directed towards the developing andstrengthening of the administrative capacity of the new member states “toimplement and enforce Community legislation and to foster exchange of bestpractices among peers”. The assistance will be directed to certain areas thatcannot be financed by the Structural Funds. The amount of money available forthe Transition Facility, at 1999 prices, will be EUR 200 million in 2004,EUR 120 million in 2005 and EUR 60 million in 2006. The annual appropriationsshall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financialperspective.

Under the Transition Facility, a “Schengen Facility” will be created to help thenew member states to finance actions at the new external borders of the Unionfor the implementation of the Schengen aquis and external border control. Thebeneficiary state will be responsible for selecting and implementing individualoperations. They will also have to submit reports to the Commission on thefinancial execution of the assistance.

From the date of accession, under the Schengen Facility, the following memberstates will receive the listed amounts of money in the form of lump sum grantpayments:

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EstoniaEstoniaEstoniaEstonia 22,922,922,922,9 22,922,922,922,9 22,922,922,922,9LatviaLatviaLatviaLatvia 23,723,723,723,7 23,723,723,723,7 23,723,723,723,7LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania 44,7844,7844,7844,78 61,0761,0761,0761,07 29,8529,8529,8529,85HungaryHungaryHungaryHungary 49,349,349,349,3 49,349,349,349,3 49,349,349,349,3PolandPolandPolandPoland 93,3493,3493,3493,34 93,3393,3393,3393,33 93,3393,3393,3393,33SloveniaSloveniaSloveniaSlovenia 35,6435,6435,6435,64 35,6335,6335,6335,63 35,6335,6335,6335,63SlovakiaSlovakiaSlovakiaSlovakia 15,9415,9415,9415,94 15,9315,9315,9315,93 15,9315,9315,9315,93

3.4 Safeguard measures

Title II of part four, entitled “other provisions” contains six articles. The first article(article 37) states that “until the end of a period of up to three years afteraccession, difficulties arise which are serious and liable to persist in any sector ofthe economy or which could bring about serious deterioration in the economicsituation of a given area, a new Member State may apply for authorisation to takeprotective measures in order to rectify the situation and adjust the sectorconcerned to the economy of the common market”6. Not only new member statescan apply protective measures but also any present member state can apply for 6666 Ar ticle 37, Act of Accession, Ar ticle 37, Act of Accession, Ar ticle 37, Act of Accession, Ar ticle 37, Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)

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authorisation to take similar measures with regard to one or more of the newmember states.

The measures that the Commission may authorise may involve derogations fromthe rules of the EC Treaty and from the Act of Accession and these measures willbe limited in time as long as the problems persist.

Article 38 refers to the potential inability of a new member state to fulfil thecommitments taken during the accession negotiations. Until the end of a periodof up to three years after the date of accession, the state can take appropriatemeasures. The correction measures shall disturb as little as possible thefunctioning of the internal market and the application of the existing sectoralsafeguard mechanisms. The safeguard clause can be invoked even beforeaccession and can enter into force on the date of accession.

In the field of mutual recognition in the area of criminal law and in civil matters,any problems in the implementation, transposition and application of thedecisions can be addressed by the Commission with appropriate measures, untilthe end of a period of up to three years after the date of entry into force of the Actof Accession. This safeguard clause can be invoked even after accession.

The new member states are also granted a transitional measure in the area ofagricultural markets, in order to support the transition from the existing regime inthe new member states to that resulting from the application of the commonagricultural policy. The transition period is for three years following the date ofaccession but can be extended by the Council, acting unanimously. The samesituation and procedures will apply in the case of the application of theCommunity veterinary and phytosanitary rules in the new member states. In thiscase thou, the application of the transitional arrangement is limited to three yearsafter the date of accession.

4. Annexes

The next main subdivision of the Act comprises the annexes to the Treaty. Thereare 18 annexes, out of which ten annexes comprise of detailed transitionalmeasures granted to each candidate country listed on chapters of negotiations.

The first annex is a list of provisions of the Schengen acquis as integrated in theframework of the European Union and the acts building upon it or otherwiserelated to it, that is going to be binding on and applicable in the new memberstates from the date of accession according to the article 3 of the Act ofAccession.

The second annex comprises of elements referring to the adaptations to actsadopted by the institutions according to the article 20 of the Act. The elementsare divided according to the chapters of negotiations.

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Annex 3 refers to acts of the institutions prior to accession, which requireadaptation by reason of accession. As long as these adaptations have not beenprovided in the Act, they will be made by “the Council acting by a qualifiedmajority on the proposal from the Commission, or the Commission according towhich of these two institutions adopted the original acts, shall to this end draw upthe necessary texts”7. The Annex presents several chapters of negotiationswhere the above procedure shall apply: freedom of movement of persons,agriculture, fisheries, statistics and regional policy and co-ordination of structuralinstruments.

The annexes that follow contain a detailed description of the transitionalarrangements, derogations, exemptions and special provisions each candidatecountry got during accession negotiations. The content of these annexes will bedeveloped later on in this paper.

5. Protocols

Protocol no 1 on amendments to the Statute of the European Investment BankThis protocol contains information referring to different aspects of the structure,functioning and finance of the European Investment Bank. The Protocol statesthat all 25 member states will be members of the EIB. The capital of the Bank willbe EUR 163 727 670 000 subscribed by the member states differently. Thestructure of the EIB will be the following: the Board of Directors will consist oftwenty-six directors and sixteen alternate directors. The directors will beappointed by the Board of Governors for five years, one nominated by eachmember state, and one nominated by the Commission. The alternate directorswill be appointed by the Board of Governors for five years. Each member statewill have a different number of alternate directors: the big members states(Germany, France, Italy and UK) will have two alternates nominated, while theother countries, grouped in pairs of two or three, will have one alternatenominated (Spain and Portugal one alternate; Belgium, The Netherlands andLuxembourg one alternate; Denmark and Ireland one alternate; Austria, Finlandand Sweden one alternate). The new member states will have together threealternates nominated. The Commission will have an alternate nominated also.

The decisions of the Board of Directors will be taken by at least one third of themembers entitled to vote representing at least fifty per cent of the subscribedcapital. A qualified majority shall require eighteen votes in favour and sixty eightper cent of the subscribed capital.

The transitional measures incorporated in the Protocol presents the amounts ofmoney which the new member state will have to pay corresponding to their shareof the capital paid in for the subscribed capital. The contribution will be paid ineight equal instalments starting with 2004. The new member states will have to 7777 Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En) Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En) Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En) Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)

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contribute, in eight equal instalments, to the reserves and provisions equivalentto reserves.

Protocol no 2 on the restructuring of the Czech steel industry The Czech Republic can grant state aid for the period 1997-2003 forrestructuring purposes to specific parts of the Czech steel industry. The processof restructuring shall be completed by 31 December 2006. The Protocol presentsa list of companies that are entitled to benefit from state aid as long as they willkeep their composition for the whole period. In case of mergers or take-overs, thecompany will loose the right to receive state aid. The state aid will be grantedonly once. The Czech Republic, during 1997-2003, can grant state aid up amaximum limit specified in the Protocol. For the purpose of restructuring, the netcapacity reduction to be achieved in Czech Republic for finished products during1997-2003 will be 590 000 tones. The Czech Republic will remove trade barriersin the coal market so that national steel companies will be able to gain access tocoal international market prices.

The Protocol underlines also important aspects from the business plan forseveral benefiting companies such as: Nova Hut, Vitkovice Steel, ValcovnyPlechu Frydek Mistek (VPFM). Any change that might appear in the individualrestructuring plans should be agreed by the Commission and where necessary,by the Council.

The Commission and the Council will monitor closely the implementation of therestructuring measures, and will conduct independent evaluations in 2003, 2004,2005 and 2006.

The Czech Republic will supply the Commission with 6 monthly reportconcerning the restructuring of the benefiting companies, the overall situation ofthe Czech steel sector including recent macroeconomic developments.If the conditions for granting state aid for restructuring purposes are not fulfilled,the transitional arrangements provided by this Protocol will not have effect.

Protocol no 3 on the sovereign base areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britainand Northern Ireland in CyprusBy this Protocol, the Treaty establishing the European Community will bereplaced. The Treaty shall not apply to the UK sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiniand Dhekelia in Cyprus. The Sovereign Base will be included in the customsterritory of the Community. A list of acts on turnover taxes, excise duties andother forms of indirect taxation listed in the annex of the Protocol will apply to theSovereign Base Areas. The persons resident or employed in the territory of thesovereign Base Areas will be treated as if they were resident or employed in theterritory of Cyprus. Cyprus will not carry out checks on persons crossing theirland and sea boundaries with the Sovereign Base Areas, while UK will exercisecontrols on persons crossing the external borders of the Base.

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UK will be responsible for the implementation of the Protocol in the SovereignBase Areas while Cyprus will be responsible for the administration and paymentof any Community funds to which persons in the Base may be entitled pursuantto the application of the common agricultural policy.

The Commission will report to the European Parliament and the Council everyfive years on the implementation of the provisions of the Protocol.

Protocol no 4 on the Ignalina nuclear power plant in LithuaniaLithuania commits to the closure of Unit 1 of Ignalina nuclear power plant before2005 and of Unit 2 by 31 December 2009. During 2004-2006, the Community willprovide Lithuania with additional financial assistance in order to support theclosing of the plant. This assistance is called Ignalina Program and will coverdifferent aspects starting with environmental measures, continuing withenhancing of energy supply and improving energy efficiency in Lithuania andending with support for the employees of the plant.

The financial assistance granted will be managed by the European Bank forReconstruction and Development. Any public aid from national, Community andinternational sources is allowed as long as it is compatible with the internalmarket.

Lithuania will receive financial assistance beyond 2006 taking into considerationthe huge financial burden of the closure of the plant for Lithuania.If energy supply is disrupted in Lithuania, the general safeguard clausepresented in art. 378 of the Act will be apply until 31 December 2012.

Protocol no 5 on the transit of persons by land between the region of Kaliningradand other parts of the Russian Federation The Community will assist Lithuania in implementing the rules andarrangements, in managing the transit of persons between the region ofKaliningrad and the other parts of the Russian Federation in order to permit fullparticipation of Lithuania in the Schengen area as soon as possible.Any further decision concerning the transit of persons in this area will be adoptedby the Council acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission.

Protocol no 6 on the acquisition of secondary residences in Malta Malta may maintain in force the rules on acquisition and holding of residencesfor secondary purposes by nationals of member states who have not legallyreside in Malta for at least five years. Malta will apply the authorisation procedure 8 Art. Ar t. Ar t. Ar t. 37: “If, until the end of a per iod of up to three year s after accession, difficulties ar ise which are37: “If, until the end of a per iod of up to three year s after accession, difficulties ar ise which are37: “If, until the end of a per iod of up to three year s after accession, difficulties ar ise which are37: “If, until the end of a per iod of up to three year s after accession, difficulties ar ise which areser ious and liable to per sist in any sector of the economy or which could br ing about ser iousser ious and liable to per sist in any sector of the economy or which could br ing about ser iousser ious and liable to per sist in any sector of the economy or which could br ing about ser iousser ious and liable to per sist in any sector of the economy or which could br ing about ser iousdeterioration in the economic situation of a given area, a new Member State may apply fordeterioration in the economic situation of a given area, a new Member State may apply fordeterioration in the economic situation of a given area, a new Member State may apply fordeterioration in the economic situation of a given area, a new Member State may apply forauthor isation to take protective measures in order to rectify the situation and adjust the sectorauthor isation to take protective measures in order to rectify the situation and adjust the sectorauthor isation to take protective measures in order to rectify the situation and adjust the sectorauthor isation to take protective measures in order to rectify the situation and adjust the sectorconcerned to the economy of the common market.” Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003concerned to the economy of the common market.” Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003concerned to the economy of the common market.” Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003concerned to the economy of the common market.” Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)

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for the acquisition of secondary residences, which will not differentiate betweennationals of Malta and of other member states.

Protocol no 7 on abortion in MaltaMalta may maintain its national legislation relating to abortion.

Protocol no 8 on the restructuring of the Polish steel industryPoland is allowed to grant state aid for restructuring purposes as long as themeasures are compatible with the common market. The restructuring of the steelindustry must be done by 31 December 2006. Only a limited numbers ofcompanies, listed in the annex attached to the Protocol, will be entitled to receivestate aid. If the company is the subject of a merger or take-over, the new formedcompany is not entitled to receive state aid. The Protocol includes the businessplans of the companies that are going to receive state aid. Nevertheless, thestate aid granted between 1997-2003 is limited to a certain amount of money.After 2006, Poland will grant no state aid for the restructuring of the steelindustry.

During 1997-2006, Poland must reduce the net capacity for finished products to1 231 000 tones. The capacity reduction will be measured only on the basis ofpermanent closure of production facilities by physical destruction.

The Protocol contains important aspects to be achieved in particular businessplans of the benefiting companies. If there are modifications of the restructuringplans, these must be agreed by the Commission and when necessary by theCouncil.

The Commission and the Council will follow closely the process of restructuringand the implementation of the measures until the end of the restructuring period.Independent evaluations will be concluded every year starting with 2003 andending in 2006. Meantime, Poland will submit to the Commission reportsconcerning the developments in this area every 6 months. The reports willcontain information necessary to monitor the restructuring process, the state aidand the reduction and use of capacity.

If the conditions for transitional arrangements contained in the Protocol have notbeen fulfilled, if the conditions specified in the Europe Agreement regarding theextension of the period during which Poland may grant state aid have not beenfulfilled or if Poland has granted additional incompatible state aid to the steelindustry, than the transitional arrangements from this Protocol will have no effect.

Protocol no 9 on Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant inSlovakiaSlovakia commits to close Unit 1 of Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power Plant by 31December 2006 and Unit 2 by 31 December 2008. Between 2004-2006 theCommunity will provide additional financial assistance in support of its efforts to

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decommission and to address the consequences. The financial assistance will bemanaged by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. After2006, Slovakia can receive further financial assistance only if it is still necessary.

Protocol no 10 on CyprusThe acquis will not be applied in those areas of Cyprus where the Government ofthe Republic of Cyprus does not have effective control. The Council actingunanimously on the basis of a proposal from the Commission can decide theapplication of the EU law to the line between the areas where the CypriotGovernment exercises its control and other areas beyond this control.

The boundary between the Eastern Sovereign Base Area and areas whereCypriot Government exercises its control will be treated as external borders ofthe Sovereign Base Area.

In the event of a settlement, the Council acting unanimously on the basis of aproposal from the Commission will decide on the accession to the EU of theTurkish Cypriot Community.

6. Final Act

This part comprises the text of the Final Act, the Declarations adopted by thePlenipotentiaries, other Declarations and the Exchange of letters. In total thereare 44 declarations.

The Text of the Final Act states that the 25 countries, present and future memberstates have been “assembled at Athens on the sixteenth day of April in the yeartwo thousand and three on the occasion of the signature of the Treaty ofAccession”9. The Treaty of Accession has been “drawn up and adopted withinthe Conference between the Member States of the European Union and theCzech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic ofLatvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta,the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic concerningthe accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic ofCyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic ofHungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Sloveniaand the Slovak Republic to the European Union”10.

The last part of the Final Act includes the section regarding the Exchange ofLetters. In this section, two types of letters are posted that can be used for aninformation and consultation procedure for the adoption of certain decisions andother measures that need to be taken during the period preceding accession.

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7. DeclarationsThe second part of the Final Act comprises of 44 declarations divided in two maincategories: declarations adopted by the plenipotentiaries and other declarations.The plenipotentiaries have adopted two declarations: joint declaration – OneEurope and joint declaration on the Court of Justice of the EuropeanCommunities.

Joint declaration: one EuropeThe participants from the 25 countries state that “today is a great moment forEurope. We have concluded the accession negotiations between the EU and theten candidate countries. 75 million people will be welcomed as new citizens ofthe EU”11. The member states declare their full support for the irreversibleenlargement process. Bulgaria and Romania will continue the accessionnegotiations and “depending on the further progress in complying with themembership criteria, the objective is to welcome Bulgaria and Romania as newmembers of the EU in 2007”12. The member states welcome also the decisionconcerning the next stage of Turkey’s candidature for membership of the EU.The final statement of the declaration is that the aim of the member states is“One Europe”.

Joint declaration on the Court of Justice of the European CommunitiesIf the Court considers, the Council acting unanimously may increase the numberof Advocates General. Otherwise, the new member states will be integrated inthe current system of the Court.

The section “Other Declarations” contains a number of 42 declarations ondifferent issues. There are joint declaration of all present member states, ofvarious member states, of all new member states, of various new member statesand declarations issued by the new member states individually.

Joint declaration on the hunting of brown bears in EstoniaEstonia will have to comply fully with the requirements on the conservation ofnatural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. By the accession, the latest, Estoniawill have to establish a system of strict protection. Although general hunting ofbrown bears is not allowed, Estonia may allow hunting of brown bears underspecial circumstances.

Joint declaration by the Czech Republic and the Republic of Austria concerningtheir bilateral agreement regarding the Temelin Nuclear Power PlantThe Czech Republic and Austria may continue to fulfil their obligations taken onthe 29th November 2001 in the “Conclusions of the Melk Process and Follow-up”. 11111111 Joint Declaration: One Europe, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. Joint Declaration: One Europe, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. Joint Declaration: One Europe, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. Joint Declaration: One Europe, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR.En)En)En)En)12121212 Joint Declaration: One Europe, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. Joint Declaration: One Europe, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. Joint Declaration: One Europe, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR. Joint Declaration: One Europe, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR.En)En)En)En)

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Declaration on rural developmentThe new member states will receive for the purpose of rural development certainamounts of money as listed in the Declaration.

Declaration on the free movement of workersThere are 9 declaration regarding the free movement of workers for 9 candidatecountries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,Slovenia, and Slovakia. The member states will grant increased labour marketaccess to Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovenianand Slovakian nationals under national law. The employment opportunities in theEU for Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovenian andSlovakian nationals should improve after the accession of these countries. If theaccession of Malta will impose difficulties relating to the free movement ofworkers, the issue will be presented to the institutions of Union in order to besolved.

Declaration on shale oil, the internal electricity market and common rules for theinternal market in electricity: EstoniaEstonia will be closely monitored to fulfil its commitments regarding thepreparation to the internal energy market. Estonia will have to accelerate themarket opening in the electricity and gas sectors. Estonia reserves its positionregarding future legislative developments in this area.

The oil shale sector requires particular efforts until the end of 2012 as well as thepossibility to open the Estonian electricity market for non-household customersuntil the same date.

The Commission will closely monitor the development of the electricity productionand the changed in the electricity market in Estonia and neighbouring countries.Any member state may from 2009 request the Commission to assess thedevelopment of the electricity markets in the Baltic Sea area. After the analysis,the Commission will report to the Council with appropriate recommendations.

Declaration with respect to Estonian and Lithuanian fishing activities in theSvalbard zoneThe European Community will maintain sound management based onsustainable conservation and optimal utilisation of fish stocks around Svalbardand Estonia and Lithuania will continue to apply the present system as well.

Declaration on the transit of persons by land between the region Kaliningrad andother parts of the Russian FederationLithuania will be assisted by the Community in fulfilling the conditions for fullparticipation in the first group of new member states to participate fully in theSchengen acquis.

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Declaration on the development of the Trans-European Network in SloveniaThe Union recalls the importance of transport infrastructure in Slovenia for thedevelopment of a trans-European transport network. This aspect will be takeninto consideration for further projects.

Joint declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austriaon the free movement of workers: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and SlovakiaThe phrase “certain regions” in the transitional measures on the free movementof workers contained in the annexes of the Treaty of Accession may, whennecessary, also comprise the entire national territory.

Joint declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austriaon the monitoring of nuclear safetyGermany and Austria stress the importance of continuing the monitoring processon the implementation of the recommendations for the improvement of nuclearsafety in the accession countries.

Joint declaration by the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic ofLithuania, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the SlovakRepublic on art. 38 of the Act of AccessionThe candidate countries listed above consider that art. 3813 of the Act ofAccession covers only the obligations arising from the original Treaties applicableto them. The article will be applied only in cases of alleged violations of theobligations and only after the Commission gave them the opportunity to expresstheir view and position.

Joint declaration by the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Slovenia onannex X, chapter 7, point 1(a)(ii) and annex XII, chapter 6, point (1)(a)(i) to theAct of AccessionIf the transitional period referred to in Article 28(1) of the Sixth VAT Directive isnot replaced by a definitive system by mid-2007 and there is no proposal for sucha replacement, than Hungary and Slovenia will request a report from theCommission to the Council on the functioning of the transitional arrangementprovided in annex X, chapter 7, point 1(a)(ii) and annex XII, chapter 6, point(1)(a)(i) to the Act of Accession.

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Czech Republic made three declarations: on transport policy, on workers and onarticle 35 of the EU Treaty. In the field of transport policy, the current and newmember states may progressively exchange cabotage authorisations on thebasis of bilateral agreements, including the possibility of liberalisation. A mutualagreement with Germany has been reached on working out the analysis of a coststructure on the basis of which bilateral cabotage quotas could be establishedstarting with 2004.

Regarding the issue of workers, Czech Republic expects that the intentions ofthe member state to liberalise the access of Czech workers to their labour marketbased on individual sectors and professions will be subject to bilateralconsultations.

The Czech Republic is reserving the right to make provision in its national lawregarding Article 35 of the EU Treaty.

Declarations by the Republic of EstoniaThere are four declarations made by the Estonia: on steel, on fisheries, on theNorth-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) and on food safety. Estoniaconsiders that the importing needs resulting from the expansion of the Estoniansteel industry in the near future should be taken into account.

The Commission will work closely with Estonia on the management of theAgreement between the Government of the Republic of Estonia and theGovernment of the Russian Federation on co-operation in the conservation andmanagement of fish stocks of inland fishery. The interests of Estonia in NEAFCwill be from the date of accession representing by the Community.

Estonia will comply fully with the requirements laying down the general principlesand requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authorityand laying down procedures in matters of food safety as regard third countries.

Declarations by Republic of LatviaLatvia made three declarations: on the weighting of votes in the Council, onfisheries and on article 142a of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20December 1993 on the Community trade mark.

Latvia reserves its right to address the issue of the weighting of votes in theCouncil during the next ICG. In the Nice Treaty, Latvia was allocated four votesof a total of 345 votes in the Council as from 1 January 2005.

Regarding the share of Community fishing opportunities to be allocated tomember states for stocks, Latvia understands that the fishing opportunities to beallocated in the Baltic Sea refer to the existing management system within IBSFCas it is calculated for the EU-15 and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Latvia

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declares its interest for fishing in the area covered by the North East AtlanticFisheries Commission.

As for the Community trade mark issue, Latvia considers that the application ofthis Council Regulation will not preclude prohibiting the use of a Community trademark in its territory.

Declaration by the Republic of LithuaniaLithuania declares its interest in continuing its fishery activities in the North EastAtlantic Fisheries Commission Regulatory Area after accession to the EU.

Declarations by the Republic of MaltaDeclarations of Malta refer to: neutrality, the Island of Gozo, maintenance of VATzero-rating.

Malta affirms its commitment to the CFSP of the EU, but in the same timeconfirms that its participation in CFSP does not prejudice its neutrality.

With regard to Gozo, Malta states that “before the end of each Communitybudgetary period entailing a redefinition of the Community regional policy, Maltamay request that the Commission report to the Council on the economic andsocial situation of Gozo, and in particular, on the disparities in the social andeconomic development levels between Gozo and Malta”14. The Commission willpropose measures to reduce the disparities between Gozo and Malta. If Maltawill not be eligible any longer for certain measures of the regional policy. TheCommission should address whether the situation in Gozo requests further helpfrom the regional policy.

Malta is entitled to a transition period until 1 January 2010 for the maintenance ofits VAT 0% rate instead of the standard rate of 5% on the supply of foodstuffsand pharmaceuticals, taking into consideration the fact that by that date, thetransition period specified in Article 28 (1) of the Sixth VAT Directive wouldexpire.

Declaration by the Republic of PolandPoland has three declarations regarding: the competitiveness of the Polishproduction of some fruit, the public morality, and on interpretation of thederogation from the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/82/EC andDirective 2001/83/EC.

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will request adoption of necessary instruments for removal of the disturbances ofthe competitiveness in this sector.

No provision in the Treaty on European Union or in the Treaties establishing theEuropean Communities or in the provisions amending or supplementing thosetreaties can impede the Polish Government to regulate questions of moralsignificance as well as those related to the protection of human life.

Poland considers that the pharmaceutical products listed in appendix A to AnnexXII of the Act of Accession can be marketed in Poland.

Declarations by the Republic of SloveniaDeclarations of Slovenia regard two main aspects: the future regional division ofthe Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian indigenous bee Apis melliferaCarnica.

Slovenia agrees with the whole territory to be considered as one single region atNUTS 2 level for the period up to the end of 2006.

Slovenia declares that it intends to continue applying all appropriate measuresnecessary to ensure the preservation of the indigenous bee Apis melliferaCarnica.

Declarations by the Commission of the European CommunitiesThe Commission made two declarations: on the general economic safeguardclause, the internal market safeguard clause and the justice and home affairssafeguard clause and on the conclusions of the accession conference withLatvia.

The Commission will apply the internal market and justice and home affairssafeguard clause after will hear the views and positions of the member statesthat will be directly affected by the application of the two safeguard clauses.

The general economic safeguard clause covers agriculture as well. It can beused when in certain agricultural sectors problems arise, that can induce thedeterioration of the economic situation in a given area. Because of specificproblems in Poland, “the measures taken by the Commission to prevent marketdisturbances under the general economic safeguard clause may include systemsof monitoring of trade flows between Poland and other member states”15.

The declaration to the conclusions of the accession negotiations with Latviaincludes technical specifications to the treatment of abandoned land.

15151515 Declaration by the Commission of the European Communities on Declaration by the Commission of the European Communities on Declaration by the Commission of the European Communities on Declaration by the Commission of the European Communities on the general economic safeguard the general economic safeguard the general economic safeguard the general economic safeguardclause, the internal market safeguard clause and the justice and home affair s safeguard clause, Finalclause, the internal market safeguard clause and the justice and home affair s safeguard clause, Finalclause, the internal market safeguard clause and the justice and home affair s safeguard clause, Finalclause, the internal market safeguard clause and the justice and home affair s safeguard clause, FinalAct, Act, Act, Act, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)

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8. Provisions on Schengen acquisThe provisions of the Schengen acquis as integrated in the framework of theEuropean Union, as entitled “Schengen Protocol” and the acts building upon itwill be binding on and applicable in the new member states from the date ofaccession. A list of provisions of the Shcengen acquis is annexed to the Act ofAccession (Annex I).The provisions of the Schenge acquis, although are binding for the new membersstates from the date of accession, they will be only applied in these countriesafter a Council decision. The Council will verify first if the necessary conditionsfor the application of the acquis have been fulfilled by the new member states.The Council will consult the European Parliament in taking its decision regardingthe application of the Schengen Protocol.

The Council acting with the unanimity of its members, current and new memberstates, will take the decisions. Ireland and UK will take part in the decisionprocess as long as the provisions of the Schengen acquis to be discussed andagree upon are those in which these member states participate.

The Agreements concluded by the Council under Article 6 of the SchengenProtocol will be binding for the new member states from the date of accession.

The conventions and instruments in the field of justice and home affairs areinseparable from the attainment of the objectives of the EU Treaty. For thisreason, the new member states will have to accede to those conventions andinstruments that have been opened for signature by the present member statesand to those drawn up by the Council and recommended for adoption. In thesame time, the new member states will have to introduce administrative andother types of arrangements, as the current member states, in order to facilitatethe practical co-operation between the member states’ institutions andorganisations working in the field of justice and home affairs.

9. Provisions on Economic and Monetary UnionIn the article 4 of the Act of Accession, it is mentioned that the new memberstates will participate in Economic and Monetary Union from the date ofaccession. The participation will not be as the one of the current member statesalready members in EMU but as a derogation within the meaning of the Article122 of the EC Treaty.

10. General safeguard clausesIn the Treaty of Accession there are specified three main types of safeguardclauses:- general economic safeguard clause- internal market safeguard clause- justice and home affairs safeguard clause

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The general economic safeguard clause covers all economic areas, any sector,region or given area in the current and new member states. One of the safeguardclause included in the Accession Treaty allows for recourse by Malta toCommunity institutions, if Malta’s accession give rise to difficulties in relation tofree movement of workers.

Article 38 of the Act of Accession is a safeguard clause, which the new memberstates can use if they fail to implement the commitments undertaken during theaccession negotiations. By not being able to implement the commitments, theycan cause serious problems to the functioning of the internal market. TheCommission upon the request of a member state or on its own initiative shouldtake appropriate measures in order to restore the situation. “Measures shall beproportional and priority shall be given to measures, which disturb least thefunctioning of the internal market and, where appropriate, to the application of theexisting sectoral safeguard mechanisms”16. The measures shall be maintainedno longer than strictly necessary, and, in any case, will be lifted when therelevant commitment is implemented. Taking into consideration the progressesmade, the Commission may adapt the measures as appropriate. TheCommission will inform the Council in good time before revoking safeguardmeasures, and it will take into account any observations of the Council in thisrespect.

The internal market safeguard clause covers all sectoral policies, which addresseconomic activities with cross-border effects. This clause can be applied only bynew member states.

The justice and home affairs safeguard covers the mutual recognition in the areaof criminal law and in civil matters. This clause can be applied only by newmember states.Article 39 of the act of Accession represents a safeguard clause in the area ofjustice and home affairs. It states that “if there are serious shortcomings or anyimminent risks of such shortcomings in the transposition, state of implementation,or the application of the framework decisions or any other relevant commitments,instruments of co-operation and decisions relating to mutual recognition in thearea of criminal law under Title VI of the EU Treaty and Directives andRegulations relating to mutual recognition in civil matters under Title IV of the ECTreaty in a new Member State, the Commission may, until the end of a period ofup to three years after the date of entry into force of this Act, upon motivatedrequest of a Member State or on its own initiative and after consulting theMember States, take appropriate measures and specify the conditions andmodalities under which these measures are put into effect”17.

16161616 Ar ticle 38, Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En) Ar ticle 38, Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En) Ar ticle 38, Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En) Ar ticle 38, Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 April 2003 (OR. En)

17171717 Ar ticle 39, Ar ticle 39, Ar ticle 39, Ar ticle 39, Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession 2003, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR.Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession 2003, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR.Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession 2003, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR.Act of Accession, Treaty of Accession 2003, AA 2003 final, Brussels, 3 Apr il 2003 (OR.En)En)En)En)

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The measures taken may take the form of temporary suspension of theapplication of relevant provisions and decisions in the relations between a newMember State and any other Member State or Member States. The measuresshall be maintained no longer than strictly necessary, and, in any case, will belifted when the shortcomings are remedied.. The Commission may adapt themeasures following the results obtained during the implementation period. TheCommission will inform the Council in good time before revoking safeguardmeasures, and it will take into account any observations of the Council in thisrespect.

All measures under the three safeguard measures may be taken until the end ofa three years period after the date of accession, but can remain in force after thisperiod. Any safeguard measures will be maintained as long as it is necessary,until the situation is corrected.

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Annex 2. Derogations obtained by the current member states

Chapter 1. Free movement of goods

In the case of Poland:- the member states are not obliged to recognise the certificates

issued by the Institute of Medicines for those medical devisesdefined as “medical materials” under the law of 10 October 1991(derogation from Article 5 of Directive 90/38/EEC)

- the member states are not obliged to recognise the certificatesissued by the Institute of Medicines for those medical devisesdefined as “medical materials” under the law of 10 October 1991(derogation from Article 5 (1) of Directive 93/42/EEC

- the member states are not obliged to recognise the certificatesissued by the Institute of Medicines for those medical devisesdefined as “medical materials” under the law of 10 October 1991(derogation form Article 5 (1) of Directive 98/79/EC

Chapter 2. Free movement of persons

For all candidate countries except Cyprus and Malta, the memberstates will apply national measures, or those resulting from bilateralagreements, regulating access to their labour markets by Czech,Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovakian andSlovenian nationals. The transitional period should in principle cometo an end after 5 years after the date of accession, but may beextended for a further 2 years period.

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36

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gem

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ion

Exem

ptio

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l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

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t of g

oods

1. S

hall

rem

ain

valid

the

mar

ketin

g au

thor

izat

ions

for

the

phar

mac

eutic

al p

rodu

cts

issu

ed u

nder

Cyp

riot l

aw p

rior

to th

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on (u

ntil

they

are

rene

wed

or u

ntil

31D

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2. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

3. F

ree

mov

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t of

serv

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1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

rela

ting

to th

eta

king

up

and

purs

uit o

f the

busi

ness

of c

redi

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titut

ions

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)4.

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ovem

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f cap

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1. m

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aint

ain

in fo

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the

natio

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f sec

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side

nces

(for

5 y

ears

from

the

date

of a

cces

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)5.

Com

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law

6. C

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titio

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licy

1. s

hall

be a

llow

ed to

mai

ntai

nth

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nefit

of t

he s

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nun

derta

king

s w

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hav

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te a

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at th

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in c

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in d

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vera

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hall

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s fo

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com

pens

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year

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ter t

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ofac

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2. s

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not a

pply

the

37

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(5 y

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from

the

date

of a

cces

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)2.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

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men

ts re

gard

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al p

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for H

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r 5 y

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3. m

ay p

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one

the

appl

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of D

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with

rega

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of

seed

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var

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s lis

ted

in it

sna

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alog

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(for 5

year

s af

ter t

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cces

sion

date

)

requ

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rela

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to th

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in fa

t con

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to d

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n a

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the

first

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rac

cess

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to 5

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rs a

fter

acce

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8. F

ishe

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9. T

rans

port

polic

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sha

ll no

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ly th

ere

quire

men

t of i

nsta

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n an

dus

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ent i

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seng

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by ro

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31 D

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1. m

ay c

ontin

ue to

app

ly a

sim

plifi

ed p

roce

dure

on

VAT

for t

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hem

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d on

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f sup

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twee

n co

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pers

ons

(unt

il on

e ye

ar a

fter t

he d

ate

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ay m

aint

ain

an e

xem

ptio

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ith re

fund

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at th

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fs fo

r hum

anco

nsum

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ith th

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in p

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mai

ntai

n a

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rate

of V

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f not

less

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et in

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as

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an

exem

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m e

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on m

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for t

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38

date

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trole

um p

rodu

cts

shal

l not

appl

y” (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

007)

15. I

ndus

tria

l pol

icy

16. S

mal

l and

med

ium

siz

eden

terp

rises

17. S

cien

ce a

nd re

sear

ch18

. Edu

catio

n an

d tr

aini

ng19

. Tel

ecom

mun

icat

ion

and

info

rmat

ion

tech

nolo

gy20

. Cul

ture

and

aud

io-v

isua

lpo

licy

21. R

egio

nal p

olic

y22

. Env

ironm

ent

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for p

etro

l and

for

dies

el fu

el (o

ne y

ear f

rom

the

date

of a

cces

sion

)2.

sha

ll at

tain

the

reco

very

ad

recy

clin

g ta

rget

s fo

r pac

kagi

ngm

ater

ials

(by

31 D

ec 2

005)

3. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for c

olle

ctin

gsy

stem

s an

d tre

atm

ent o

fur

ban

was

te w

ater

(unt

il 31

39

Dec

201

2)4.

sha

ll ap

ply

the

emis

sion

limit

valu

es o

f 170

0 m

g/N

m3

to th

e bo

ilers

at t

heco

mbu

stio

n pl

ants

at D

heke

liaan

d Va

silik

os (u

ntil

one

of th

eco

nditi

on s

peci

fied

ism

ater

ialis

ed)

23. c

onsu

mer

s an

d he

alth

prot

ectio

n24

. JH

A25

. Cus

tom

uni

on26

. Ext

erna

l rel

atio

ns27

. Com

mon

fore

ign

and

secu

rity

polic

y28

. Fin

anci

al c

ontro

l29

. Fi

nanc

ial a

nd b

udge

tary

prov

isio

ns

40

Ann

ex 5

. Cze

ch R

epub

lic

Cha

pter

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

emen

t of g

oods

2. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

3. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

serv

ices

4. F

ree

mov

emen

t of c

apita

l1.

“m

ay

mai

ntai

n in

fo

rce”

natio

nal

legi

slat

ion

rega

rdin

gth

e ac

quis

ition

of

seco

ndar

yre

side

ncie

s (fo

r 5 y

ears

)2.

“m

ay

mai

ntai

n in

fo

rce”

natio

nal

legi

slat

ion

rega

rdin

gth

e pu

rcha

se

of

agric

ultu

ral

land

and

fore

sts

(for 7

yea

rs +

3 ye

ars

afte

r th

e da

te

ofac

cess

ion)

5. C

ompa

ny la

w6.

Com

petit

ion

polic

y7.

Agr

icul

ture

1. th

e st

ruct

ural

req

uire

men

tson

hea

lth c

ondi

tions

for

the

prod

uctio

n an

d m

arke

ting

offre

sh

mea

t, on

he

alth

prob

lem

s af

fect

ing

the

prod

uctio

n an

d pl

acin

g on

the

mar

ket

of f

resh

pou

ltry

mea

t,on

hea

lth p

robl

ems

affe

ctin

gth

e pr

oduc

tion

and

mar

ketin

gof

mea

t pr

oduc

ts a

nd c

erta

inot

her

prod

ucts

of

an

imal

orig

in, o

n hy

gien

e an

d he

alth

prob

lem

s af

fect

ing

the

prod

uctio

n an

d pl

acin

g on

the

mar

ket

of e

gg p

rodu

cts

and

41

on

heal

th

rule

s fo

r th

epr

oduc

tion

and

plac

ing

on th

em

arke

t of

ra

w

milk

, he

at-

treat

ed m

ilk a

nd m

ilk-b

ased

prod

ucts

“sh

all

not

appl

y to

certa

in e

stab

lishm

ents

in

the

Cze

ch R

epub

lic” (

until

31

Dec

2006

)2.

“es

tabl

ishm

ents

list

ed m

aym

aint

ain

in s

ervi

ce c

ages

not

mee

ting

the

min

imum

hei

ght

requ

irem

ents

” (u

ntil

31

Dec

2009

)3.

“may

con

tinue

to p

erm

it th

em

arke

ting

on i

ts t

errit

ory

offe

edin

gstu

ffs

base

d on

th

eye

ast

spec

ies

Can

dida

util

iscu

ltiva

ted

on

vege

tabl

esfib

ers”

(unt

il a

deci

sion

will

be

take

n or

unt

il 2

year

s af

ter t

heda

te o

f acc

essi

on)

8. F

ishe

ries

9. T

rans

port

polic

y1.

C

zech

“c

arrie

rs

shal

l be

excl

uded

fro

m t

he o

pera

tion

of

natio

nal

road

ha

ulag

ese

rvic

es in

the

othe

r m

embe

rst

ates

” (u

ntil

the

end

ofse

cond

yea

r af

ter

the

date

of

acce

ssio

n +

2 ye

ars

+ 1

year

)10

. Tax

atio

n1.

“m

ay m

aint

ain

a re

duce

dra

te o

f VA

T of

not

les

s th

an5%

on

a) t

he s

uppl

y of

hea

ten

ergy

use

d by

hou

seho

lds

and

smal

l ent

repr

eneu

rs w

hoar

e no

t reg

iste

red

for V

AT fo

rhe

atin

g an

d th

e pr

oduc

tion

ofho

t w

ater

an

d b)

on

th

e

1.

“may

m

aint

ain

anex

empt

ion

from

val

ue a

dded

tax

on i

nter

natio

nal

trans

port

of

pass

enge

rs”

(unt

il th

eco

nditi

on i

n th

e D

irect

ive

isfu

lfille

d or

for

as

long

as

the

sam

e ex

empt

ion

is a

pplie

d by

any

of t

he p

rese

nt m

embe

r

42

supp

ly

of

cons

truct

ion

wor

kfo

r re

side

ntia

l ho

usin

g no

tpr

ovid

ed a

s pa

rt of

a s

ocia

lpo

licy

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)2.

“m

ay

post

pone

th

eap

plic

atio

n of

th

e ov

eral

lm

inim

um

exci

se

duty

equi

vale

nt to

57%

of t

he re

tail

selli

ng

pric

e an

d a

min

of

EUR

60

per 1

00 c

igar

ette

s fo

rci

gare

ttes

of

the

pric

eca

tego

ry

mos

t in

de

man

d”(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

006)

3.

“may

po

stpo

ne

the

appl

icat

ion

of t

he o

vera

ll m

inex

cise

dut

y of

EU

R 6

4 on

the

reta

il se

lling

pr

ice

for

ciga

rette

s of

th

e pr

ice

cate

gory

m

ost

in

dem

and”

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)4.

“m

ay

post

pone

th

eap

plic

atio

n of

the

ove

rall

min

exci

se

dutie

s le

vied

on

toba

cco

prod

ucts

oth

er t

han

ciga

rette

s”

(unt

il 31

D

ec20

06)

stat

es)

11. E

cono

mic

and

Mon

etar

yU

nion

12. S

tatis

tics

13. S

ocia

l and

em

ploy

men

tpo

licy

14. E

nerg

y1.

Art

18 o

f D

ir. 9

8/30

/EC

on

com

mon

rul

es fo

r th

e in

tern

alm

arke

t in

nat

ural

gas

“sh

all

not a

pply

” (un

til 3

1 D

ec 2

004)

1. “

the

min

leve

l of

stoc

ks o

fpe

trole

um p

rodu

cts

shal

l no

tap

ply”

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

5)

15. I

ndus

tria

l pol

icy

16. S

mal

l and

med

ium

siz

ed

43

ente

rpris

es17

. Sci

ence

and

rese

arch

18. E

duca

tion

and

trai

ning

19. T

elec

omm

unic

atio

n an

din

form

atio

n te

chno

logy

20. C

ultu

re a

nd a

udio

-vi

sual

pol

icy

21. R

egio

nal p

olic

y22

. Env

ironm

ent

1. “

shal

l at

tain

the

rec

over

yan

d re

cycl

ing

targ

ets

for

som

e pa

ckag

ing

mat

eria

ls i

nac

cord

ance

w

ith

spec

ial

inte

rmed

iate

targ

ets”

(un

til 3

1D

ec 2

005)

2.

“sha

ll no

t ap

ply

the

requ

irem

ents

fo

r co

llect

ing

syst

ems

and

treat

men

t of

urba

n w

aste

wat

er”

(unt

il 31

Dec

201

0)3.

sh

all

not

appl

y th

eem

issi

on

limit

valu

es

for

sulfu

r di

oxid

e to

boi

ler

K4 o

fth

e he

atin

g pl

ant

Prer

ov a

ndto

bo

iler

K11

of

the

plan

tN

ova

Hut

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)23

. Con

sum

ers

and

heal

thpr

otec

tion

24. C

o-op

erat

ion

in th

e fie

ldof

JH

A25

. Cus

tom

uni

on26

. Ext

erna

l rel

atio

ns27

. Com

mon

fore

ign

and

secu

rity

polic

y28

. Fin

anci

al c

ontro

l29

. Fi

nanc

ial a

nd b

udge

tary

prov

isio

ns

44

Ann

ex 6

. Est

onia

Cha

pter

no

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on1.

Fre

e m

ovem

ent o

f goo

ds2.

Fre

e m

ovem

ent o

fpe

rson

s3.

Fre

e m

ovem

ent o

fse

rvic

es1.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e m

in le

vel

of g

uara

ntee

(unt

il 31

Dec

2007

)2.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e m

in le

vel

of c

ompe

nsat

ion

(unt

il 31

Dec

2007

)4.

Fre

e m

ovem

ent o

f cap

ital

1. “m

ay m

aint

ain

in fo

rce”

natio

nal l

egis

latio

n re

gard

ing

the

purc

hase

of a

gric

ultu

ral

land

and

fore

sts

(for 7

yea

rs +

3 ye

ars)

5. C

ompa

ny la

w6.

Com

petit

ion

polic

y7.

Agr

icul

ture

1. s

hall

be p

erm

itted

the

unlim

ited

use

of d

omes

ticpe

at in

org

anic

farm

ing

(for 1

8m

onth

s fro

m th

e da

te o

fac

cess

ion)

2. s

hall

be p

erm

itted

the

use

of p

otas

sium

per

man

gana

tefo

r the

trea

tmen

t of a

ll cr

ops

and

soil

in o

rgan

ic fa

rmin

g(fo

r 18

mon

ths

from

the

date

of a

cces

sion

)3.

sha

ll be

per

mitt

ed th

e us

ein

org

anic

farm

ing

of s

eed

and

vege

tativ

e pr

opag

atin

gm

ater

ial n

ot p

rodu

ced

by th

eor

gani

c pr

oduc

tion

met

hod

45

(unt

il 1

Janu

ary

2006

)4.

may

con

side

r cow

s of

the

bree

ds li

sted

as

elig

ible

for

the

suck

ler c

ow p

rem

ium

(unt

il th

e en

d of

200

6)5.

may

gra

nt n

atio

nal

paym

ents

for m

ilk c

ows

up to

the

leve

l gra

nted

in th

e ye

arbe

fore

the

date

of a

cces

sion

(dur

ing

mar

ketin

g ye

ar20

04/2

005)

8. F

ishe

ries

Shal

l app

ly R

egul

atio

nes

tabl

ishi

ng a

Com

mun

itysy

stem

for f

ishe

ries

and

aqua

cultu

re s

ubje

ct to

spe

cific

prov

isio

ns9.

Tra

nspo

rt po

licy

1. E

ston

ian

“car

riers

sha

ll be

excl

uded

from

the

oper

atio

nof

nat

iona

l roa

d ha

ulag

ese

rvic

es in

the

othe

r mem

ber

stat

es” (

until

the

end

ofse

cond

yea

r afte

r the

dat

e of

acce

ssio

n +

2 ye

ars

+ 1

year

)10

. Tax

atio

n1.

“may

mai

ntai

n a

redu

ced

rate

of V

AT o

f not

less

than

5% o

n th

e su

pply

of h

eatin

gso

ld to

nat

ural

per

sons

,ho

usin

g as

soci

atio

ns,

apar

tmen

t ass

ocia

tions

,ch

urch

es, c

ongr

egat

ions

and

inst

itutio

ns o

r bod

ies

finan

ced

from

the

stat

e, ru

ral

mun

icip

ality

or c

ity b

udge

t, as

wel

l as

on th

e su

pply

of p

eat,

fuel

briq

uette

s, c

oal a

ndfir

ewoo

d to

nat

ural

per

sons

(unt

il 30

Jun

e 20

07)

1. “m

ay m

aint

ain

anex

empt

ion

from

val

ue a

dded

tax

on in

tern

atio

nal t

rans

port

of p

asse

nger

s” (u

ntil

the

cond

ition

in th

e D

irect

ive

isfu

lfille

d or

for a

s lo

ng a

s th

esa

me

exem

ptio

n is

app

lied

byan

y of

the

pres

ent m

embe

rst

ate)

46

2. m

ay c

ontin

ue to

app

ly th

ein

com

e ta

x to

pro

fits

dist

ribut

ed b

y Es

toni

ansu

bsid

iarie

s to

thei

r par

ent

com

pani

es e

stab

lishe

d in

othe

r mem

ber s

tate

s (a

s lo

ngas

it c

harg

es in

com

e ta

x on

dist

ribut

ed p

rofit

s w

ithou

tta

xing

und

istri

bute

d pr

ofits

and

until

31

Dec

200

8)3.

“may

pos

tpon

e th

eap

plic

atio

n of

the

over

all m

inex

cise

dut

y on

the

reta

ilse

lling

pric

e fo

r cig

aret

tes

ofth

e pr

ice

cate

gory

mos

t in

dem

and”

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

9)4.

“may

pos

tpon

e th

eap

plic

atio

n of

the

over

all m

inex

cise

dut

ies

levi

ed o

nsm

okin

g to

bacc

o” (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

009)

11. E

cono

mic

and

Mon

etar

yU

nion

12. S

tatis

tics

13. S

ocia

l and

em

ploy

men

tpo

licy

14. E

nerg

y1.

Art

19 (2

) of D

ir. 9

6/92

/EC

on c

omm

on ru

les

for t

hein

tern

al m

arke

t in

elec

trici

ty“s

hall

not a

pply

” (un

til 3

1 D

ec20

08)

1. “t

he m

in le

vel o

f sto

cks

ofpe

trole

um p

rodu

cts

shal

l not

appl

y” (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

009)

15. I

ndus

tria

l pol

icy

16. S

mal

l and

med

ium

siz

eden

terp

rises

17. S

cien

ce a

nd re

sear

ch18

. Edu

catio

n an

d tr

aini

ng

47

19. T

elec

omm

unic

atio

n an

din

form

atio

n te

chno

logy

20. C

ultu

re a

nd a

udio

-vis

ual

polic

y21

. Reg

iona

l pol

icy

22. E

nviro

nmen

t1.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r exi

stin

gst

orag

e in

stal

latio

ns a

tte

rmin

als

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

5/un

til 3

1 D

ec 2

006)

2. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for l

oadi

ng a

ndun

load

ing

of e

xist

ing

mob

ileco

ntai

ners

at t

erm

inal

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

005/

unt

il 31

Dec

2006

)3.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r loa

ding

into

exis

ting

stor

age

inst

alla

tions

at s

ervi

ce s

tatio

ns w

ith a

thro

ughp

ut s

mal

ler t

han

1000

m3/

year

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

6)4.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r liq

uid

and

corro

sive

was

te to

oil-

shal

eas

h pu

t on

exis

ting

land

fills

(unt

il 16

Jul

y 20

09)

5. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for c

olle

ctin

gsy

stem

s an

d tre

atm

ent o

fur

ban

was

te w

ater

(unt

il 31

Dec

201

0)6.

will

not

app

ly a

rt. 5

(2) a

nd 8

and

anne

x I,

part

C, o

f Dir.

98/8

3/EC

on

the

qual

ity o

fw

ater

inte

nded

for h

uman

cons

umpt

ion

(unt

il 20

07/

(geo

grap

hica

l exe

mpt

ion)

for

Lynx

lynx

(by

1 M

ay 2

009)

48

2008

/ 201

3)7.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e em

issi

onlim

it va

lues

for s

ulph

ur d

ioxi

dean

d du

st (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

010/

until

31

Dec

201

5)23

. Con

sum

ers

and

heal

thpr

otec

tion

24. C

o-op

erat

ion

in th

e fie

ldof

JH

A25

. Cus

tom

uni

on26

. Ext

erna

l rel

atio

ns27

. Com

mon

fore

ign

and

secu

rity

polic

y28

. Fin

anci

al c

ontro

l29

. Fi

nanc

ial a

nd b

udge

tary

prov

isio

ns

49

Ann

ex 7

. Hun

gary

Cha

pter

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

emen

t of g

oods

2. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

3. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

serv

ices

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

initi

alca

pita

l req

uire

men

ts to

coop

erat

ive

cred

it in

stitu

tions

alre

ady

esta

blis

hed

at th

eda

te o

f acc

essi

on (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

007)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

min

leve

lof

com

pens

atio

n (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

07)

4. F

ree

mov

emen

t of c

apita

l1.

may

mai

ntai

n in

forc

e th

ena

tiona

l leg

isla

tion

on th

eac

quis

ition

of s

econ

dary

resi

denc

es (f

or 5

yea

rs fr

omth

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on)

2. “m

ay m

aint

ain

in fo

rce”

natio

nal l

egis

latio

n re

gard

ing

the

purc

hase

of a

gric

ultu

ral

land

(for

7 y

ears

+ 3

yea

rs)

5. C

ompa

ny la

w6.

Com

petit

ion

polic

y1.

may

app

ly c

orpo

rate

tax

bene

fits

unde

r cer

tain

cond

ition

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

11…

)2.

may

app

ly c

orpo

rate

tax

redu

ctio

ns g

rant

ed p

rior t

o 1

Janu

ary

2003

(up

to a

ndin

clud

ing

31 D

ec 2

005)

3. m

ay a

pply

loca

l bus

ines

sta

x re

duct

ions

of u

p to

2%

of

the

net r

ecei

pts

ofun

derta

king

s, g

rant

ed b

y lo

cal

gove

rnm

ent f

or a

lim

ited

50

perio

d of

tim

e (u

p to

and

incl

udin

g 31

Dec

200

7)7.

Agr

icul

ture

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

stru

ctur

al re

quire

men

tsre

gard

ing

the

cond

ition

s fo

rpr

oduc

tion

and

mar

ketin

g of

fresh

mea

t (un

til 3

1 D

ec20

06)

2. m

ay m

aint

ain

in s

ervi

ceca

ges

not m

eetin

g th

e m

inre

quire

men

ts fo

r the

prot

ectio

n of

layi

ng h

ens

(unt

il31

Dec

200

9)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

rela

ting

to fa

tco

nten

t to

drin

king

milk

(5ye

ars

from

the

date

of

acce

ssio

n)2.

sha

ll be

allo

wed

a m

inna

tura

l alc

ohol

ic s

treng

th o

f7,

7% v

ol. f

or ta

ble

win

es (1

0ye

ars

from

the

date

of

acce

ssio

n)3.

sha

ll be

allo

wed

the

used

of n

ame

“Riz

lings

zilv

ani”

(unt

il31

Dec

200

8)8.

Fis

herie

s9.

Tra

nspo

rt po

licy

1. A

rt 10

(3) o

f Dir

91/4

40/E

EC o

n th

ede

velo

pmen

t of t

heC

omm

unity

’s ra

ilway

s sh

all

appl

y un

der c

erta

in c

ondi

tions

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

6)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

cond

ition

s on

the

limita

tion

ofth

e op

erat

ion

of a

erop

lane

s in

resp

ect o

f airc

raft

on th

ere

gist

er o

f, an

d op

erat

ed b

yna

tura

l or l

egal

per

sons

esta

blis

hed

in A

zerb

aija

n,Ka

zakh

stan

, Mol

dova

, the

Rus

sian

Fed

erat

ion,

Turk

men

ista

n an

d U

krai

ne(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004)

2. H

unga

rian

“car

riers

sha

llbe

exc

lude

d fro

m th

eop

erat

ion

of n

atio

nal r

oad

haul

age

serv

ices

in th

e ot

her

mem

ber s

tate

s” (u

ntil

the

end

of th

ird y

ear a

fter t

he d

ate

ofac

cess

ion

+ 2

year

s)3.

Hun

garia

n ve

hicl

esco

mpl

ying

with

the

limit

valu

es o

f cat

egor

ies

3.2.

1,

51

3.4.

1, 3

.4.2

, 3.5

.1 a

nd 3

.5.3

may

use

non

-upg

rade

d pa

rtsof

road

net

wor

k (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

08)

10. T

axat

ion

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

a re

duce

dra

te o

f val

ue a

dded

tax

of n

otle

ss th

an 5

% o

n th

e su

pply

of

natu

ral g

as a

nd e

lect

ricity

(unt

il on

e ye

ar a

fter t

he d

ate

of a

cces

sion

)

1. “m

ay m

aint

ain

a re

duce

dra

te o

f VAT

of n

ot le

ss th

an12

% o

n th

e su

pply

of c

oal,

coal

-bric

k an

d co

ke, f

irew

ood

and

char

coal

, and

on

the

supp

ly o

f dis

trict

hea

ting

serv

ices

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)2.

may

mai

ntai

n a

redu

ced

rate

of V

AT o

f no

less

than

12

% o

n th

e su

pply

of r

esta

uran

tse

rvic

es a

nd o

f foo

dstu

ffsso

ld o

n si

mila

r pre

mis

es (u

ntil

31 Dec

200

7 or

the

end

oftra

nsiti

onal

per

iod

in th

e D

ir.)

3. “m

ay p

ostp

one

the

appl

icat

ion

of th

e ov

eral

l min

exci

se d

uty

on th

e re

tail

selli

ng p

rice

for c

igar

ette

s of

the

pric

e ca

tego

ry m

ost i

nde

man

d” (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

008)

1. “m

ay m

aint

ain

anex

empt

ion

from

val

ue a

dded

tax

on in

tern

atio

nal t

rans

port

of p

asse

nger

s” (u

ntil

the

cond

ition

in th

e D

irect

ive

isfu

lfille

d or

for a

s lo

ng a

s th

esa

me

exem

ptio

n is

app

lied

byan

y of

the

pres

ent m

embe

rst

ates

)

11. E

cono

mic

and

Mon

etar

yU

nion

12. S

tatis

tics

13. S

ocia

l and

em

ploy

men

tpo

licy

14. E

nerg

y15

. Ind

ustr

ial p

olic

y16

. Sm

all a

nd m

ediu

m s

ized

ente

rpris

es17

. Sci

ence

and

rese

arch

18. E

duca

tion

and

trai

ning

52

19. T

elec

omm

unic

atio

n an

din

form

atio

n te

chno

logy

20. C

ultu

re a

nd a

udio

-vis

ual

polic

y21

. Reg

iona

l pol

icy

22. E

nviro

nmen

t1.

all

ship

men

ts to

Hun

gary

of

was

te o

r rec

over

y an

dsh

ipm

ents

of w

aste

for

reco

very

sha

ll be

not

ified

toth

e co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

and

proc

esse

d (u

ntil

30 J

une

2005

)

1. s

hall

obje

ct to

shi

pmen

ts o

fw

aste

reco

very

and

ship

men

ts o

f was

te fo

rre

cove

ry d

estin

ed fo

r a fa

cilit

ybe

nefit

ing

from

a te

mpo

rary

dero

gatio

n.2.

sha

ll at

tain

the

reco

very

and

recy

clin

g ta

rget

s fo

r the

certa

in p

acka

ging

mat

eria

ls(b

y 31

Dec

200

5)3.

may

set

an

over

all

recy

clin

g ta

rget

of 4

6% fr

om20

05 o

nwar

ds4.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r col

lect

ing

syst

ems

and

treat

men

t of

urba

n w

ater

(unt

il 31

Dec

2015

)5.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

rbi

odeg

rada

ble

indu

stria

lw

aste

wat

er fr

om p

lant

sbe

long

ing

to th

e in

dust

rial

sect

ors

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

8)6.

may

pro

vide

for

dero

gatio

ns fr

om th

epa

ram

etric

val

ue fo

r ars

enic

(unt

il 25

Dec

200

9)7.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e em

issi

onlim

it va

lues

and

the

requ

irem

ents

for

mea

sure

men

ts to

cer

tain

53

inci

nera

tors

(unt

il 30

Jun

e20

05)

8. s

hall

not a

pply

the

emis

sion

limit

valu

es fo

r sul

phur

diox

ide,

nitr

ogen

oxi

des

and

dust

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

4)23

. Con

sum

ers

and

heal

thpr

otec

tion

24. C

o-op

erat

ion

in th

e fie

ldof

JH

A25

. Cus

tom

uni

on1.

may

ope

n a

year

ly ta

riff

quot

a fo

r alu

min

ium

(unt

il th

een

d of

third

yea

r afte

r the

dat

eof

acc

essi

on o

r unt

il 31

Dec

2007

)26

. Ext

erna

l rel

atio

ns27

. Com

mon

fore

ign

and

secu

rity

polic

y28

. Fin

anci

al c

ontro

l29

. Fi

nanc

ial a

nd b

udge

tary

prov

isio

ns

54

Ann

ex 8

. Lat

via

Cha

pter

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

emen

t of g

oods

2. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

3. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

serv

ices

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

min

leve

lof

gua

rant

ee o

n de

posi

t –gu

aran

tee

sche

mes

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)2.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e m

in le

vel

of c

ompe

nsat

ion

(unt

il 31

Dec

2007

)4.

Fre

e m

ovem

ent o

f cap

ital

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

the

natio

nal

legi

slat

ion

rega

rdin

g th

eac

quis

ition

of a

gric

ultu

ral l

and

and

fore

sts

by n

atio

nals

of

mem

ber s

tate

s an

d by

com

pani

es fo

rmed

inac

cord

ance

with

the

law

of

anot

her m

embe

r sta

te (f

or 7

year

s fro

m th

e da

te o

fac

cess

ion

+3 y

ears

)5.

Com

pany

law

6. C

ompe

titio

n po

licy

7. A

gric

ultu

re1.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e st

ruct

ural

requ

irem

ents

for t

hepr

oduc

tion

and

plac

ing

on th

em

arke

t of m

ince

d m

eat a

ndm

eat p

repa

ratio

n (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

05 )

2. s

hall

not a

pply

the

stru

ctur

alre

quire

men

ts o

n la

ying

dow

nhe

alth

rule

s co

ncer

ning

ani

mal

by-p

rodu

cts

not i

nten

ded

for

1. s

hall

be p

erm

itted

the

use

inor

gani

c fa

rmin

g of

unt

reat

edse

eds,

pla

ntin

g m

ater

ial a

ndpr

opag

atin

g m

ater

ial n

otpr

oduc

ed b

y th

e or

gani

cpr

oduc

tion

met

hod

(unt

il 1

Janu

ary

2006

)2.

sha

ll be

per

mitt

ed th

e us

eof

non

-org

anic

sug

ar n

otpr

oduc

ed b

y th

e or

gani

c

55

hum

an c

onsu

mpt

ion

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

4)3.

may

pos

tpon

e th

eap

plic

atio

n of

Dir.

200

2/53

/EC

and

2002

/55/

EC w

ith re

gard

toth

e m

arke

ting

in it

s te

rrito

ry o

fse

eds

of v

arie

ties

liste

d in

its

resp

ectiv

e na

tiona

l cat

alog

ues

of v

arie

ties

of a

gric

ultu

ral p

lant

spec

ies

and

varie

ties

ofve

geta

ble

plan

t spe

cies

(for

5ye

ars

from

the

date

of

acce

ssio

n)

prod

uctio

n m

etho

d as

addi

tiona

l bee

-feed

in o

rgan

icap

iarie

s (u

ntil

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

06)

3. s

hall

be p

erm

itted

the

use

of p

otas

sium

per

man

gana

tepr

epar

atio

n in

org

anic

farm

ing

(18

mon

ths

from

the

date

of

acce

ssio

n)4.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts re

latin

g to

fat

cont

ent t

o dr

inki

ng m

ilk (f

or 5

year

s fro

m th

e da

te o

fac

cess

ion)

5. m

ay c

onsi

der c

ows

of th

ebr

eeds

as

elig

ible

for t

hesu

ckle

r cow

pre

miu

m (u

ntil

the

end

of 2

006)

8. F

ishe

ries

Reg

ulat

ion

No

3760

/92

shal

lap

ply

to M

alta

sub

ject

tofo

llow

ing

spec

ific

prov

isio

ns.

9. T

rans

port

polic

y1.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e D

ir.96

/26/

EC to

tran

spor

tun

derta

king

s en

gage

dex

clus

ivel

y in

dom

estic

road

haul

age

and

pass

enge

rtra

nspo

rt op

erat

ions

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

6)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

of i

nsta

llatio

nan

d us

e of

reco

rdin

geq

uipm

ent i

n ve

hicl

esre

gist

ered

for t

he c

arria

ge o

fpa

ssen

gers

or g

oods

by

road

(unt

il 1

Janu

ary

2005

)2.

car

riers

sha

ll be

exc

lude

dfro

m th

e op

erat

ion

of n

atio

nal

road

hau

lage

ser

vice

s in

the

othe

r mem

ber s

tate

s (u

ntil

the

end

of s

econ

d ye

ar fo

llow

ing

the

date

of a

cces

sion

+2

year

s+1

yea

r)10

. Tax

atio

n1.

may

con

tinue

to a

pply

asi

mpl

ified

pro

cedu

re fo

r1.

may

mai

ntai

n an

exe

mpt

ion

from

VAT

on

the

supp

ly o

f1.

may

mai

ntai

n an

exe

mpt

ion

from

VAT

on

serv

ices

sup

plie

d

56

char

ging

val

ue a

dded

tax

ontim

ber t

rans

actio

ns (u

ntil

1ye

ar a

fter t

he d

ate

ofac

cess

ion)

heat

ing

sold

to h

ouse

hold

s(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004)

2. m

ay p

ostp

one

the

appl

icat

ion

of th

e ov

eral

l min

exci

se d

uty

on th

e re

tail

selli

ngpr

ice

for c

igar

ette

s of

the

pric

eca

tego

ry m

ost i

n de

man

d(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

009)

by a

utho

rs, a

rtist

s an

dpe

rform

ers

(unt

il th

e di

rect

ive

is fu

lfille

d or

as

long

as

the

sam

e ex

empt

ion

is a

pplie

d by

any

of th

e pr

esen

t mem

ber

stat

es)

2. m

ay m

aint

ain

an e

xem

ptio

nfro

m V

AT o

n in

tern

atio

nal

trans

port

of p

asse

nger

s (u

ntil

the

cond

ition

is fu

lfille

d or

as

long

as

the

sam

e ex

empt

ion

isap

plie

d by

any

of t

he p

rese

ntm

embe

r sta

tes)

11.

Econ

omic

and

Mon

etar

yU

nion

12. S

tatis

tics

13. S

ocia

l and

em

ploy

men

tpo

licy

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

Dir

89/6

54/E

ECco

ncer

ning

the

min

saf

ety

and

heal

thre

quire

men

ts fo

r the

wor

kpla

ce in

resp

ect o

fin

stal

latio

ns a

lread

y in

use

on

27 M

arch

200

2 (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

04)

2. s

hall

not a

pply

Dir.

89/

655/

EEC

con

cern

ing

the

min

safe

ty a

nd h

ealth

requ

irem

ents

for t

he u

se o

fw

ork

equi

pmen

t by

wor

kers

at

wor

k, in

resp

ect o

f wor

keq

uipm

ent a

lread

y in

use

on

13 D

ec 2

002

(unt

il 1

July

2004

)3.

sha

ll no

t app

ly D

ir.90

/270

/EEC

on

the

min

saf

ety

57

and

heal

th re

quire

men

ts fo

rw

ork

with

dis

play

scr

een

equi

pmen

t, in

resp

ect o

feq

uipm

ent a

lread

y in

use

on

1Ju

ne 2

001

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

4)14

. Ene

rgy

1. “t

he m

in le

vel o

f sto

cks

ofpe

trole

um p

rodu

cts

shal

l not

appl

y” (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

009)

15. I

ndus

tria

l pol

icy

16. S

mal

l and

med

ium

siz

eden

terp

rises

17. S

cien

ce a

nd re

sear

ch18

. Edu

catio

n an

d tr

aini

ng19

. Tel

ecom

mun

icat

ion

and

info

rmat

ion

tech

nolo

gy20

. Cul

ture

and

aud

io-v

isua

lpo

licy

21. R

egio

nal p

olic

y22

. Env

ironm

ent

1. a

ll sh

ipm

ents

of w

aste

for

reco

very

sha

ll be

not

ified

toth

e co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

(unt

il 31

Dec

201

0)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for e

xist

ing

stor

age

inst

alla

tions

at

term

inal

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

05/2

006/

2008

)2.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r loa

ding

and

unlo

adin

g eq

uipm

ent a

tte

rmin

als

(unt

il 31

Dec

2005

/200

6/20

07/2

008)

3. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for e

xist

ing

mob

ile c

onta

iner

s at

term

inal

s(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

008)

4. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for l

oadi

ng in

toex

istin

g st

orag

e in

stal

latio

ns a

tse

rvic

e st

atio

ns (u

ntil

31 D

ec

58

2004

/200

8)5.

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

ssh

all o

bjec

t to

ship

men

ts o

fw

aste

for r

ecov

ery

6. s

hall

atta

in th

e re

cove

ry a

ndre

cycl

ing

targ

ets

for p

acka

ging

mat

eria

ls (b

y 31

Dec

200

7)7.

a p

erm

anen

t site

whi

ch is

used

for t

empo

rary

sto

rage

of

haza

rdou

s w

aste

gen

erat

edw

ithin

Lat

via

will

not b

eco

nsid

ered

as

a la

ndfil

l (un

til31

Dec

200

4)8.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r col

lect

ing

syst

ems

and

treat

men

t of

urba

n w

aste

wat

er (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

015)

9. s

hall

not a

pply

the

valu

esse

t for

bro

mat

e,tri

halo

met

hane

s –

tota

l,al

umin

um, i

ron,

man

gane

sean

d ox

idis

abilit

y pa

ram

eter

s(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

015)

10. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for w

aste

cont

aini

ng a

sbes

tos

fiber

s or

dust

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

4)11

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r the

gra

ntin

gof

per

mits

for e

xist

ing

inst

alla

tions

(unt

il th

e da

tein

dica

ted

for e

ach

inst

alla

tion)

12. s

hall

not a

pply

the

prov

isio

ns o

n ra

diol

ogic

aleq

uipm

ent a

nd o

n sp

ecia

lpr

actic

es (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

005)

59

23. c

onsu

mer

s an

d he

alth

prot

ectio

n24

. JH

A25

. Cus

tom

uni

on26

. Ext

erna

l rel

atio

ns27

. Com

mon

fore

ign

and

secu

rity

polic

y28

. Fin

anci

al c

ontro

l29

. Fi

nanc

ial a

nd b

udge

tary

prov

isio

ns

60

Ann

ex 9

. Lith

uani

a

Cha

pter

no

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

emen

t of g

oods

1. s

hall

rem

ain

valid

the

mar

ketin

g au

thor

izat

ions

for

the

phar

mac

eutic

al p

rodu

cts

issu

ed p

rior t

o ac

cess

ion

(unt

ilth

ey a

re re

new

ed o

r unt

il 1

Janu

ary

2007

)2.

sha

ll re

mai

n va

lid th

ere

quire

men

ts o

n m

arke

ting

auth

oriz

atio

ns fo

r the

phar

mac

eutic

al p

rodu

cts

liste

d(u

ntil

they

are

rene

wed

or u

ntil

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

07)

2. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

3. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

serv

ices

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

min

leve

lof

gua

rant

ee o

n de

posi

t –gu

aran

tee

sche

mes

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)2.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e m

in le

vel

of c

ompe

nsat

ion

(unt

il 31

Dec

2007

)4.

Fre

e m

ovem

ent o

f cap

ital

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

the

natio

nal

legi

slat

ion

rega

rdin

g th

eac

quis

ition

of a

gric

ultu

ral l

and

and

fore

sts

by n

atio

nals

of

mem

ber s

tate

s an

d by

com

pani

es fo

rmed

inac

cord

ance

with

the

law

of

anot

her m

embe

r sta

te (f

or 7

year

s fro

m th

e da

te o

fac

cess

ion

+ 3

year

s)5.

Com

pany

law

61

6. C

ompe

titio

n po

licy

7. A

gric

ultu

re1.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e st

ruct

ural

requ

irem

ents

for t

hepr

oduc

tion

and

plac

ing

on th

em

arke

t of m

ince

d m

eat a

ndm

eat p

repa

ratio

n (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

06)

2. m

ay p

ostp

one

the

appl

icat

ion

of A

rt 7(

2) a

nd 7

(4)

on th

e co

ntro

l of

pot

atoe

s rin

gro

t (un

til 1

Jan

uary

200

6)

1. s

hall

be p

erm

itted

the

use

inor

gani

c fa

rmin

g of

see

d an

dve

geta

tive

prop

agat

ing

mat

eria

l not

pro

duce

d by

orga

nic

prod

uctio

n m

etho

d(u

ntil

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

06)

2. s

hall

be p

erm

itted

the

use

of n

on-o

rgan

ic s

ugar

for b

ee-

feed

ing

prep

arat

ions

ince

rtifie

d or

gani

c ap

iarie

s (u

ntil

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

06)

3. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

rela

ting

to fa

tco

nten

t to

drin

king

milk

(unt

il 1

Janu

ary

2009

)4.

may

con

side

r cow

s of

the

bree

ds a

s el

igib

le fo

r the

suck

ler c

ow p

rem

ium

(unt

il th

een

d of

200

6)5.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

t to

pay

equi

tabl

ere

mun

erat

ion

to th

e ho

lder

of

a C

omm

unity

pla

nt v

arie

ty(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

010)

8. F

ishe

ries

Reg

ulat

ion

No

3760

/92

shal

lap

ply

to M

alta

sub

ject

tofo

llow

ing

spec

ific

prov

isio

ns.

9. T

rans

port

polic

y1.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e D

ir.96

/26/

EC to

tran

spor

tun

derta

king

s en

gage

dex

clus

ivel

y in

dom

estic

road

haul

age

and

pass

enge

rtra

nspo

rt op

erat

ions

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

6)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

of i

nsta

llatio

nan

d us

e of

reco

rdin

geq

uipm

ent i

n ve

hicl

esre

gist

ered

for t

he c

arria

ge o

fpa

ssen

gers

or g

oods

by

road

(unt

il 1

Janu

ary

2005

)2.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e

62

cond

ition

s re

gard

ing

the

airc

raft

on th

e re

gist

er a

tKa

unas

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

4)3.

car

riers

sha

ll be

exc

lude

dfro

m th

e op

erat

ion

of n

atio

nal

road

hau

lage

ser

vice

s in

the

othe

r mem

ber s

tate

s (u

ntil

the

end

of s

econ

d ye

ar fo

llow

ing

the

date

of a

cces

sion

+2

year

s+1

yea

r)10

. Tax

atio

n1.

may

pos

tpon

e th

eap

plic

atio

n of

the

over

all m

inex

cise

dut

y on

the

reta

il se

lling

pric

e fo

r cig

aret

tes

of th

e pr

ice

cate

gory

mos

t in

dem

and

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

9)

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

an e

xem

ptio

nfro

m V

AT o

n in

tern

atio

nal

trans

port

of p

asse

nger

s (u

ntil

the

cond

ition

is fu

lfille

d or

as

long

as

the

sam

e ex

empt

ion

isap

plie

d by

any

of t

he p

rese

ntm

embe

r sta

tes)

11.

Econ

omic

and

Mon

etar

yU

nion

12. S

tatis

tics

13. S

ocia

l and

em

ploy

men

tpo

licy

14. E

nerg

y1.

“the

min

leve

l of s

tock

s of

petro

leum

pro

duct

s sh

all n

otap

ply”

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

9)15

. Ind

ustr

ial p

olic

y16

. Sm

all a

nd m

ediu

m s

ized

ente

rpris

es17

. Sci

ence

and

rese

arch

18. E

duca

tion

and

trai

ning

19. T

elec

omm

unic

atio

n an

din

form

atio

n te

chno

logy

20. C

ultu

re a

nd a

udio

-vis

ual

polic

y

63

21. R

egio

nal p

olic

y22

. Env

ironm

ent

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for e

xist

ing

stor

age

inst

alla

tions

at

term

inal

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

007)

2. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for l

oadi

ng a

ndun

load

ing

of e

xist

ing

mob

ileco

ntai

ners

at t

erm

inal

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

007)

3. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for e

xist

ing

mob

ile c

onta

iner

s at

term

inal

s(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

005)

4. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for l

oadi

ng in

toex

istin

g st

orag

e in

stal

latio

ns a

tse

rvic

e st

atio

ns (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

07)

5. s

hall

atta

in th

e re

cove

ry a

ndre

cycl

ing

targ

ets

for p

acka

ging

mat

eria

ls (b

y 31

Dec

200

6)6.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r col

lect

ing

syst

ems

and

treat

men

t of

urba

n w

aste

wat

er (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

009)

7. s

hall

not a

pply

the

emis

sion

limit

valu

es fo

r dio

xide

and

for

nitro

gen

oxid

es fo

r sev

eral

com

bust

ion

plan

ts (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

015)

23. c

onsu

mer

s an

d he

alth

prot

ectio

n24

. JH

A25

. Cus

tom

uni

on26

. Ext

erna

l rel

atio

ns

64

27. C

omm

on fo

reig

n an

dse

curit

y po

licy

28. F

inan

cial

con

trol

29.

Fina

ncia

l and

bud

geta

rypr

ovis

ions

65

Ann

ex 1

0. M

alta

Cha

pter

no

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

emen

t of g

oods

1. s

hall

adju

st th

e m

arke

t in

the

impo

rtatio

n, s

tock

ing

and

who

lesa

le m

arke

ting

ofpe

trole

um p

rodu

cts

( by

31D

ec 2

005)

2. s

hall

ensu

re th

at tr

adin

glic

ense

s ar

e is

sued

in ti

me

for

oper

atio

ns b

y lic

ense

es to

com

men

ce (1

Jan

uary

200

6)

1. s

hall

rem

ain

valid

the

mar

ketin

g au

thor

izat

ions

for

the

phar

mac

eutic

al p

rodu

cts

liste

d an

d is

sued

bef

ore

acce

ssio

n (u

ntil

they

are

rene

wed

or u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

006)

2. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

1. m

ay re

sort

to th

epr

oced

ures

rela

ted

to th

efre

edom

of m

ovem

ent o

fw

orke

rs (u

ntil

the

end

of 7

year

per

iod

afte

r the

acce

ssio

n da

te)

2. m

ay re

tain

the

wor

k pe

rmit

syst

em fo

r nat

iona

ls o

f oth

erm

emeb

r sta

tes

(7 y

ears

afte

rth

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on)

1. m

ay d

erog

ate

from

the

prov

isio

ns o

f Reg

ulat

ion

onfre

edom

of m

ovem

ent f

orw

orke

rs

3. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

serv

ices

4. F

ree

mov

emen

t of c

apita

l5.

Com

pany

law

6. C

ompe

titio

n po

licy

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

oper

atin

g ai

dgr

ante

d un

der t

he fi

scal

sche

mes

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

8)2.

may

app

ly c

orpo

rate

tax

exem

ptio

ns (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

11)

3. m

ay g

rant

rest

ruct

urin

g ai

dm

easu

res

of a

max

ove

rall

amou

nt o

f MTL

419

4910

00 to

66

Mal

ta D

rydo

cks

and

to M

alta

Ship

build

ing

Com

pany

Lim

ited

(from

200

2 un

til th

e en

d of

2008

)7.

Agr

icul

ture

1. th

e ge

nera

l eco

nom

icsa

fegu

ard

clau

se s

et o

ut in

art

37 o

f the

Act

of A

cces

sion

shal

l be

appl

icab

le fo

r Mal

ta(u

p to

5 y

ears

afte

r the

dat

e of

acce

ssio

n)2.

the

milk

est

ablis

hmen

tslis

ted

may

rece

ive

deliv

erie

s of

raw

milk

whi

ch d

o co

mpl

y w

ithce

rtain

con

ditio

ns (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

009)

3. 1

2 es

tabl

ishm

ents

list

edm

ay m

aint

ain

in s

ervi

ce c

ages

not m

eetin

g th

e m

inre

quire

men

ts fo

r the

pro

tect

ion

of la

ying

hen

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

06)

4. m

ay p

ostp

one

the

appl

icat

ion

of D

ir. 2

002/

53/E

Can

d 20

02/5

5/EC

with

rega

rd to

the

mar

ketin

g in

its

terri

tory

of

seed

s of

var

ietie

s lis

ted

in it

sre

spec

tive

natio

nal c

atal

ogue

sof

var

ietie

s of

agr

icul

tura

l pla

ntsp

ecie

s (5

yea

rs a

fter t

heac

cess

ion

date

)

1. m

ay g

rant

tem

pora

ry s

tate

aid

to p

rodu

cers

of t

omat

oes

for p

roce

ssin

g, fr

esh

fruit

and

vege

tabl

es, w

ine,

pig

men

t,m

ilk, p

oultr

y an

d eg

gs (7

yea

rsfro

m th

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on fo

ran

imal

pro

duct

s an

d 11

yea

rsfo

r cro

ps)

2. m

ay g

rant

spe

cial

tem

pora

ry s

tate

aid

to s

uppo

rtth

e pu

rcha

se o

f im

porte

dag

ricul

tura

l pro

duct

s w

hich

befo

re a

cces

sion

ben

efite

dfro

m e

xpor

t ref

unds

or w

hich

wer

e im

porte

d fro

m th

irdco

untri

es w

ithou

t dut

ies

(7ye

ars

from

the

date

of

acce

ssio

n)3.

the

repr

esen

tativ

e fa

tco

nten

t of m

ilk d

eliv

ered

sha

llbe

det

erm

ined

for M

alta

afte

ra

perio

d of

5 y

ears

from

the

date

of a

cces

sion

4. c

ontra

cts

betw

een

proc

esso

rs a

nd in

divi

dual

prod

ucer

s sh

all b

e el

igib

le fo

rth

e sc

hem

e re

ferre

d to

in a

rt 2

of th

e R

eg. o

n th

e co

mm

onor

gani

zatio

n of

the

mar

kets

inpr

oces

sed

fruit

and

vege

tabl

epr

oduc

ts (i

n th

e co

urse

of

mar

ketin

g ye

ars

2004

/200

5 to

2008

/200

9)

67

5. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

rela

ting

to th

em

in fa

t con

tent

of w

hole

milk

to d

rinki

ng m

ilk p

rodu

ced

inM

alta

(for

5 y

ears

from

the

date

of a

cces

sion

)6.

the

appl

icat

ion

of th

est

ocki

ng d

ensi

ty s

hall

begr

adua

lly p

hase

d in

on

a lin

ear

basi

s (fr

om th

e fir

st y

ear t

o 5

year

s af

ter a

cces

sion

)7.

may

mai

ntai

n th

e m

inna

tura

l alc

ohol

ic s

treng

th o

fw

ine

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

8)8.

may

gra

nt s

tate

aid

for t

hefe

rry tr

ansp

ort o

f agr

icul

tura

lpr

oduc

ts fr

om G

ozo

(for 5

year

s af

ter t

he a

cces

sion

date

)8.

Fis

herie

sR

egul

atio

n N

o 37

60/9

2 sh

all

appl

y to

Mal

ta s

ubje

ct to

follo

win

g sp

ecifi

c pr

ovis

ions

9. T

rans

port

polic

y1.

mot

or v

ehic

les

enga

ged

excl

usiv

ely

in d

omes

tictra

nspo

rt op

erat

ions

nee

d no

tto

be

equi

pped

with

spe

edlim

itatio

n de

vice

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

05)

2. th

e lis

ted

item

s sh

all n

ot b

ete

sted

as

rega

rds

the

follo

win

gca

tego

ries

of m

otor

veh

icle

sen

gage

d ex

clus

ivel

y in

dom

estic

tran

spor

t ope

ratio

ns(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004)

3. s

hall

not a

pply

the

min

tax

rate

s to

veh

icle

s en

gage

d in

inte

rnat

iona

l tra

nspo

rt

68

oper

atio

ns (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004)

4. s

hall

not a

pply

the

min

tax

rate

s to

veh

icle

s en

gage

dex

clus

ivel

y in

dom

estic

trans

port

oper

atio

ns (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

005)

10. T

axat

ion

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

an e

xem

ptio

nw

ith re

fund

of t

ax p

aid

at th

epr

eced

ing

stag

e on

the

supp

lyof

food

stuf

fs fo

r hum

anco

nsum

ptio

n an

dph

arm

aceu

tical

s (u

ntil

1Ja

nuar

y 20

10)

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

an e

xem

ptio

nfro

m V

AT o

n in

land

pas

seng

ertra

nspo

rt, in

tern

atio

nal

trans

port

and

dom

estic

inte

r-is

land

sea

pas

seng

ertra

nspo

rt.2.

may

mai

ntai

n an

exe

mpt

ion

from

VAT

with

out c

redi

t for

inpu

t VAT

on

the

supp

ly o

fw

ater

by

publ

ic a

utho

ritie

s.3.

may

mai

ntai

n an

exe

mpt

ion

from

VAT

with

out c

redi

t for

inpu

t VAT

on

the

supp

ly o

fbu

ildin

gs a

nd b

uild

ing

land

.11

. Ec

onom

ic a

nd M

onet

ary

Uni

on12

. Sta

tistic

s13

. Soc

ial a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent

polic

y1.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e D

ir.89

/655

/EEC

in re

spec

t of w

ork

equi

pmen

t alre

ady

in u

se o

nth

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on (u

ntil

1Ja

nuar

y 20

06)

2. s

hall

not a

pply

the

Dir.

93/1

04/E

C o

n ce

rtain

asp

ects

of th

e or

gani

satio

n of

wor

king

time

in th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

sub-

sect

ors

of fo

od a

ndbe

vera

ges,

text

iles,

clo

thin

gan

d fo

otw

ear,

trans

port

equi

pmen

t, el

ectri

cal

mac

hine

ry, a

pplia

nces

and

69

supp

lies

and

furn

iture

(unt

il 31

July

200

4)14

. Ene

rgy

1. “t

he m

in le

vel o

f sto

cks

ofpe

trole

um p

rodu

cts

shal

l not

appl

y” (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

006)

15. I

ndus

tria

l pol

icy

16. S

mal

l and

med

ium

siz

eden

terp

rises

17. S

cien

ce a

nd re

sear

ch18

. Edu

catio

n an

d tr

aini

ng19

. Tel

ecom

mun

icat

ion

and

info

rmat

ion

tech

nolo

gy20

. Cul

ture

and

aud

io-v

isua

lpo

licy

21. R

egio

nal p

olic

y22

. Env

ironm

ent

1. a

ll sh

ipm

ents

of w

aste

reco

very

sha

ll be

not

ified

toth

e co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

5)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for l

oadi

ng a

ndun

load

ing

equi

pmen

t at

term

inal

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004)

2. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for e

xist

ing

mob

ile c

onta

iner

s at

term

inal

s(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004)

3. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for l

oadi

ng in

toex

istin

g st

orag

e in

stal

latio

ns a

tse

rvic

e st

atio

ns (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

04)

4. s

hall

obje

ct to

shi

pmen

ts o

fw

aste

reco

very

for a

faci

lity

bene

fitin

g fro

m a

tem

pora

ryde

roga

tion

6. s

hall

atta

in th

e ov

eral

lre

cove

ry ta

rget

s fo

r the

pack

agin

g m

ater

ial (

by 3

1 D

ec20

09)

70

7. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ent n

ot to

impe

de th

epl

acin

g on

the

mar

ket o

nM

alta

’s te

rrito

ry o

f pac

kagi

ngw

hich

sat

isfie

s th

e pr

ovis

ions

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)8.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e lim

itva

lues

for d

isch

arge

s of

cadm

ium

into

the

wat

ers

(unt

il31

Dec

200

4/ 2

006/

200

7)9.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e lim

itva

lues

for d

isch

arge

s of

chlo

rofo

rm in

to th

e w

ater

s(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004/

200

6/20

07)

10. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for c

olle

ctin

gsy

stem

s fo

r urb

an w

aste

wat

er(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

006)

11. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for t

reat

men

t of

urba

n w

aste

wat

er (u

ntil

31M

arch

200

7)12

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e va

lues

set f

or fl

uorid

e an

d ni

trate

para

met

ers

(unt

il 31

Dec

2005

)13

. Car

duel

is c

anna

bina

,C

ardu

elis

ser

inus

, Car

duel

isch

loris

, Car

duel

is c

ardu

elis

,ca

rdue

lis s

pinu

s, F

rigilla

coel

ebs

and

Coc

coth

raus

tes

cocc

othr

aust

es m

ay b

ede

liber

atel

y ca

ptur

ed b

ytra

ditio

nal n

ets

(unt

il 31

Dec

2008

)14

. the

em

issi

on li

mit

valu

e fo

r

71

dust

sha

ll no

t app

ly (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

005)

23. C

onsu

mer

s an

d he

alth

prot

ectio

n24

. JH

A25

. Cus

tom

uni

on1.

may

ope

n ye

arly

tarif

fqu

otas

for w

oven

fabr

ics

ofco

mbe

d w

ool o

r of c

ombe

dfin

e an

imal

hai

r, de

nim

, wov

enfa

bric

s of

arti

ficia

l fila

men

tya

rn a

nd o

ther

mad

e-up

clot

hing

acc

esso

ries

(unt

il th

efif

th y

ear a

fter a

cces

sion

or 3

1D

ec 2

008)

26. E

xter

nal r

elat

ions

27. C

omm

on fo

reig

n an

dse

curit

y po

licy

28. F

inan

cial

con

trol

29.

Fina

ncia

l and

bud

geta

rypr

ovis

ions

72

Ann

ex 1

1. P

olan

d

Cha

pter

no

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

emen

t of g

oods

1. s

hall

rem

ain

valid

the

certi

ficat

es fo

r med

ical

dev

ices

defin

ed a

s “m

edic

al m

ater

ials

”w

hich

ent

ered

into

forc

e on

1O

ct 2

002

(unt

il th

eir e

xpiry

or

until

31

Dec

200

5)2.

sha

ll re

mai

n va

lid th

ece

rtific

ates

for m

edic

al d

evic

esde

fined

as

“med

ical

mat

eria

ls”

whi

ch e

nter

ed in

to fo

rce

on 1

Oct

200

2 (u

ntil

thei

r exp

iry o

run

til 3

1 D

ec 2

005)

3. s

hall

rem

ain

valid

the

certi

ficat

es fo

r med

ical

dev

ices

defin

ed a

s “m

edic

al m

ater

ials

”fo

r in

vitro

dia

gnos

tic w

hich

ente

red

into

forc

e on

1 O

ct20

02 (u

ntil

thei

r exp

iry o

r unt

il31

Dec

200

5)

1. s

hall

rem

ain

valid

the

mar

ketin

g au

thor

izat

ions

for

the

phar

mac

eutic

al p

rodu

cts

liste

d re

latin

g to

vet

erin

ary

med

icin

al p

rodu

cts

and

issu

edpr

ior t

o ac

cess

ion

(unt

il th

eyar

e re

new

ed o

r unt

il 1

Dec

embe

r 200

8)2.

sha

ll re

mai

n va

lid th

ere

quire

men

ts o

n m

arke

ting

auth

oriz

atio

ns fo

r the

phar

mac

eutic

al p

rodu

cts

liste

dre

latin

g to

med

icin

al p

rodu

cts

for h

uman

use

, iss

ued

prio

r to

acce

ssio

n (u

ntil

they

are

rene

wed

or u

ntil

31 D

ecem

ber

2008

)

2. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

3. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

serv

ices

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

initi

alca

pita

l req

uire

men

t to

co-

oper

ativ

e cr

edit

inst

itutio

nsal

read

y es

tabl

ishe

d at

the

date

of a

cces

sion

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

min

leve

lof

com

pens

atio

n (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

07)

4. F

ree

mov

emen

t of c

apita

l1.

may

mai

ntai

n th

e na

tiona

lle

gisl

atio

n re

gard

ing

the

acqu

isiti

on o

f sec

onda

ryre

side

nces

(for

5 y

ears

from

the

date

of a

cces

sion

)

73

2. m

ay m

aint

ain

the

rule

s on

the

acqu

isiti

on o

f agr

icul

tura

lla

nd a

nd fo

rest

s (fo

r 12

year

sfro

m th

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on)

5. C

ompa

ny la

w6.

Com

petit

ion

polic

y1.

may

app

ly c

orpo

rate

tax

exem

ptio

ns u

nder

cer

tain

cond

ition

s (3

1 D

ec 2

011/

31

Dec

201

0)2.

may

gra

nt s

tate

aid

for

envi

ronm

enta

l pro

tect

ion

(unt

il20

10/ u

ntil

2007

)7.

Agr

icul

ture

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

stru

ctur

alre

quire

men

ts fo

r the

prod

uctio

n an

d pl

acin

g on

the

mar

ket o

f min

ced

mea

t and

mea

t pre

para

tion

(unt

il 31

Dec

2007

/ 31

Dec

200

6)2.

may

mai

ntai

n in

ser

vice

cage

s no

t mee

ting

the

min

requ

irem

ents

for t

he p

rote

ctio

nof

layi

ng h

ens

(unt

il 31

Dec

2009

)3.

sha

ll lim

it th

e po

tato

varie

ties

plan

ted

in P

olan

d to

varie

ties

fully

resi

stan

t (fo

r 10

year

s fro

m th

e da

te o

fac

cess

ion)

1. s

hall

be g

rant

ed a

trans

ition

al p

erio

d du

ring

whi

ch th

e m

in re

quire

men

tsfo

r the

pre

limin

ary

reco

gniti

onof

pro

duce

rs o

rgan

izat

ions

shal

l be

set a

t fiv

e pr

oduc

ers

and

EUR

100

000

(for 3

yea

rsfro

m th

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on b

utm

ay n

ot e

xcee

d a

perio

d of

five

year

s st

artin

g fro

m th

eda

te o

f acc

epta

nce

by th

eco

mpe

tent

nat

iona

l aut

horit

y)2.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts re

latin

g to

fat

cont

ent t

o dr

inki

ng m

ilk (f

or 5

year

s fro

m th

e da

te o

fac

cess

ion)

3. th

e th

resh

old

for r

ecog

nitio

nas

a p

rodu

cer g

roup

sha

ll be

set a

t the

leve

l of 1

% o

f the

guar

ante

e th

resh

old

for a

llpr

oduc

tion

regi

ons

(for 5

yea

rsfro

m th

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on)

4. m

ay c

onsi

der c

ows

of th

ebr

eeds

as

elig

ible

for t

he

74

suck

ler c

ow p

rem

ium

(unt

il th

een

d of

200

6)5.

may

pos

tpon

e th

e de

adlin

esfo

r the

pro

visi

on o

f the

info

rmat

ion

for p

lant

pro

tect

ion

prod

ucts

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

6)6.

may

allo

w m

arke

ting

until

exha

ustio

n of

sto

cks

of fo

rest

sre

prod

uctiv

e m

ater

ial

accu

mul

ated

bef

ore

1 Ja

n20

04.

8. F

ishe

ries

Reg

ulat

ion

No

3760

/92

shal

lap

ply

to P

olan

d su

bjec

t to

follo

win

g sp

ecifi

c pr

ovis

ions

.9.

Tra

nspo

rt po

licy

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

Dir.

91/4

40/E

EC o

n th

ede

velo

pmen

t of t

heC

omm

unity

’s ra

ilway

s (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

006)

1. c

arrie

rs s

hall

be e

xclu

ded

from

the

oper

atio

n of

nat

iona

lro

ad h

aula

ge s

ervi

ces

in th

eot

her m

embe

r sta

tes

(unt

il th

een

d of

third

yea

r fol

low

ing

the

date

of a

cces

sion

+2

year

s)2.

veh

icle

s co

mpl

ying

with

the

limit

valu

es c

ateg

orie

s 3.

4m

ay o

nly

use

non-

upgr

aded

parts

of t

he P

olis

h ro

adne

twor

k (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

010)

10. T

axat

ion

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

a re

duce

dra

te o

f exc

ise

duty

on

petro

lm

anuf

actu

red

with

anh

ydro

usal

coho

l, ga

s oi

l with

a lo

wsu

lphu

r con

tent

and

pet

rol

cont

aini

ng e

thyl

but

yl a

lcoh

olet

her (

until

1 y

ear a

fter t

heda

te o

f acc

essi

on)

1. a

) may

app

ly a

n ex

empt

ion

with

refu

nd o

f tax

pai

d at

the

prec

edin

g st

age

on th

e su

pply

of c

erta

in b

ooks

and

spe

cial

spe

riodi

cals

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)an

d b)

may

mai

ntai

n a

redu

ced

rate

of v

alue

add

edta

x of

not

less

than

7%

on

the

supp

ly o

f res

taur

ant s

ervi

ces

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7 or

unt

il th

e

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

an e

xem

ptio

nfro

m V

AT o

n in

tern

atio

nal

trans

port

of p

asse

nger

s (u

ntil

the

cond

ition

is fu

lfille

d or

as

long

as

the

sam

e ex

empt

ion

isap

plie

d by

any

of t

he p

rese

ntm

embe

r sta

tes)

75

trans

ition

per

iod

refe

rred

to in

art.

28l o

f the

Dire

ctiv

e20

02/3

8/EC

)2.

may

mai

ntai

n a)

a re

duce

dra

te o

f VAT

of n

o le

ss th

an 3

%on

food

stuf

fs fo

r hum

an a

ndan

imal

con

sum

ptio

n (u

ntil

30Ap

ril 2

008)

and

b) a

redu

ced

VAT

of n

o le

ss th

an 7

% o

n th

esu

pply

of s

ervi

ces

not

prov

ided

as

part

of s

ocia

lpo

licy

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)3.

may

pos

tpon

e th

eap

plic

atio

n of

the

over

all m

inex

cise

dut

y on

the

reta

il se

lling

pric

e fo

r cig

aret

tes

of th

e pr

ice

cate

gory

mos

t in

dem

and

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

8)

11.

Econ

omic

and

Mon

etar

yU

nion

12. S

tatis

tics

13. S

ocia

l and

em

ploy

men

tpo

licy

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

min

safe

ty a

nd h

ealth

requ

irem

ents

in re

spec

t of

wor

k eq

uipm

ent i

nsta

lled

befo

re 3

1 D

ec 2

002

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

5)14

. Ene

rgy

1. “t

he m

in le

vel o

f sto

cks

ofpe

trole

um p

rodu

cts

shal

l not

appl

y” (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

008)

15. I

ndus

tria

l pol

icy

16. S

mal

l and

med

ium

siz

eden

terp

rises

17. S

cien

ce a

nd re

sear

ch18

. Edu

catio

n an

d tr

aini

ng

76

19. T

elec

omm

unic

atio

n an

din

form

atio

n te

chno

logy

1. m

ay a

pply

a w

eigh

t lim

it of

30 g

ram

s fo

r res

ervi

ngse

rvic

es to

uni

vers

al s

ervi

cepr

ovid

ers

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

5)20

. Cul

ture

and

aud

io-v

isua

lpo

licy

21. R

egio

nal p

olic

y22

. Env

ironm

ent

1. a

ll sh

ipm

ents

of w

aste

for

reco

very

sha

ll be

not

ified

toth

e co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

(unt

il 31

Dec

201

2)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for e

xist

ing

stor

age

inst

alla

tions

at

term

inal

s, fo

r loa

ding

and

unlo

adin

g of

exi

stin

g m

obile

cont

aine

rs a

t ter

min

als,

for

exis

ting

mob

ile c

onta

iner

s an

dfo

r loa

ding

into

exi

stin

gst

orag

e in

stal

latio

ns a

t ser

vice

stat

ions

(un

til 3

1 D

ec 2

005)

2. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for t

he s

ulph

urco

nten

t of h

eavy

fuel

oils

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

6)3.

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

sm

ay ra

ise

obje

ctio

ns to

ship

men

ts to

Pol

and

for

reco

very

of c

erta

in w

aste

s(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

007

+ 5

year

s)4.

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

sm

ay ra

ise

obje

ctio

ns to

ship

men

ts o

f was

te fo

rre

cove

ry (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

012)

5. c

ompe

tent

aut

horit

ies

shal

lob

ject

to s

hipm

ents

of w

aste

reco

very

des

tined

for a

faci

lity

bene

fitin

g fro

m a

tem

pora

ryde

roga

tion

from

cer

tain

prov

isio

ns o

f Dire

ctiv

e96

/61/

EC.

77

6. s

hall

atta

in th

e re

cove

ry a

ndre

cycl

ing

targ

ets

for p

acka

ging

mat

eria

ls (b

y 31

Dec

200

7)7.

the

requ

irem

ents

rela

ting

tow

ater

con

trol a

nd le

acha

tem

anag

emen

t, pr

otec

tion

ofso

il an

d w

ater

, gas

con

trol a

ndst

abili

ty w

ill n

ot a

pply

tom

unic

ipal

land

fills

(unt

il 1

July

2012

)8.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts o

n lim

it va

lues

and

qual

ity o

bjec

tives

for

disc

harg

es o

f cer

tain

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

(unt

il31

Dec

200

7)9.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r col

lect

ing

syst

ems

and

treat

men

t of

urba

n w

aste

wat

er (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

015)

10. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for

biod

egra

dabl

e in

dust

rial w

ater

(unt

il 31

Dec

201

0)11

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r the

gra

ntin

gof

per

mits

for e

xist

ing

inst

alla

tions

(unt

il 31

Dec

2010

)12

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r the

gra

ntin

gof

per

mits

for e

xist

ing

inst

alla

tions

to th

e lis

ted

inst

alla

tion

(unt

il 30

Oct

200

7)13

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

eem

issi

on li

mit

valu

es fo

r

78

sulp

hur d

ioxi

de (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

15)

14. s

hall

not a

pply

the

emis

sion

lim

it va

lues

for

nitro

gen

oxid

es e

mis

sion

sap

plic

able

for p

lant

s w

ith a

rate

d th

erm

al in

put g

reat

erth

an 5

00 M

Wth

(unt

il 31

Dec

2017

)15

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

eem

issi

on li

mit

valu

es fo

r dus

t(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

017)

16. s

hall

not a

pply

the

prov

isio

ns o

n ra

diol

ogic

aleq

uipm

ent (

until

31

Dec

200

6)23

. Con

sum

ers

and

heal

thpr

otec

tion

24. J

HA

25. C

usto

m u

nion

26. E

xter

nal r

elat

ions

27. C

omm

on fo

reig

n an

dse

curit

y po

licy

28. F

inan

cial

con

trol

29.

Fina

ncia

l and

bud

geta

rypr

ovis

ions

79

Ann

ex 1

2. S

lova

kia

Cha

pter

no

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

emen

t of g

oods

2. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

3. F

ree

mov

emen

t of

serv

ices

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

min

leve

lof

com

pens

atio

n (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

06)

4. F

ree

mov

emen

t of c

apita

l1.

may

mai

ntai

n th

e na

tiona

lle

gisl

atio

n re

gard

ing

the

acqu

isiti

on b

y no

n-re

side

nts

ofag

ricul

tura

l lan

d an

d fo

rest

s(fo

r 7 y

ears

from

the

date

of

acce

ssio

n +3

yea

rs)

5. C

ompa

ny la

w6.

Com

petit

ion

polic

y1.

may

app

ly th

e co

rpor

ate

inco

me

tax

exem

ptio

n to

one

bene

ficia

ry in

the

mot

orve

hicl

e in

dust

ry, p

rovi

ded

that

the

tota

l aid

und

er th

is ta

xex

empt

ion

does

not

exc

eed

30%

of t

he e

ligib

le in

vest

men

tco

sts

of th

e re

leva

nt p

roje

ctin

curre

d si

nce

1998

(the

end

of fi

scal

yea

r 200

8)2.

may

app

ly th

e co

rpor

ate

inco

me

tax

exem

ptio

n to

one

bene

ficia

ry in

the

stee

lin

dust

ry, p

rovi

ded

that

cer

tain

cond

ition

s ar

e fu

lfille

d (u

ntil

the

end

of th

e fis

cal y

ear

2009

)7.

Agr

icul

ture

1. s

hall

not a

pply

stru

ctur

alre

quire

men

ts re

gard

ing

the

1. m

ay g

rant

sta

te a

id in

ord

erto

ens

ure

the

func

tioni

ng o

f

80

heal

th c

ondi

tions

for t

hepr

oduc

tion

and

the

plac

ing

onth

e m

arke

t of f

ishe

ry p

rodu

cts

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

6)

the

war

ehou

se re

ceip

t and

good

s re

ceip

t sys

tem

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

6)

8. F

ishe

ries

9. T

rans

port

polic

y 1

. car

riers

sha

ll be

exc

lude

dfro

m th

e op

erat

ion

of n

atio

nal

road

hau

lage

ser

vice

s in

the

othe

r mem

ber s

tate

s an

dca

rrier

s es

tabl

ishe

d in

the

othe

r mem

ber s

tate

s sh

all b

eex

clud

ed fr

om th

e op

erat

ion

ofna

tiona

l roa

d ha

ulag

e se

rvic

esin

Slo

vaki

a (u

ntil

the

end

ofth

e se

cond

yea

r afte

r the

acce

ssio

n da

te +

2 ye

ars

+1ye

ar)

10. T

axat

ion

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

a re

duce

dVA

T of

not

less

than

5%

on

the

supp

ly o

f nat

ural

gas

and

elec

trici

ty (u

ntil

one

year

afte

rth

e da

te o

f acc

essi

on)

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

a) a

redu

ced

rate

of V

AT o

f not

less

than

5% o

n th

e su

pply

of h

eat

ener

gy u

sed

by p

rivat

eho

useh

olds

and

sm

all

entre

pren

eurs

who

are

not

regi

ster

ed fo

r VAT

for h

eatin

gan

d th

e pr

oduc

tion

of h

otw

ater

, exc

ludi

ng ra

w m

ater

ials

used

to g

ener

ate

heat

ene

rgy

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

8) a

nd b

) are

duce

d VA

T of

not

less

than

5% o

n th

e su

pply

of

cons

truct

ion

wor

k fo

rre

side

ntia

l hou

sing

not

prov

ided

as

part

of a

soc

ial

polic

y (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

007)

2. m

ay p

ostp

one

the

appl

icat

ion

of th

e ov

eral

l min

exci

se d

uty

on th

e re

tail

selli

ng

1. m

ay m

aint

ain

an e

xem

ptio

nfro

m V

AT o

n in

tern

atio

nal

trans

port

of p

asse

nger

s (u

ntil

the

cond

ition

set

in D

ir. is

fulfi

lled

or a

s lo

ng a

s th

e sa

me

exem

ptio

n is

app

lied

by a

ny o

fth

e pr

esen

t mem

ber s

tate

s)

81

pric

e fo

r ci

gare

ttes

of th

epr

ice

cate

gory

mos

t in

dem

and

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

8)11

. Ec

onom

ic a

nd M

onet

ary

Uni

on12

. Sta

tistic

s13

. Soc

ial a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent

polic

y14

. Ene

rgy

1. “t

he m

in le

vel o

f sto

cks

ofpe

trole

um p

rodu

cts

shal

l not

appl

y” (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

008)

15. I

ndus

tria

l pol

icy

16. S

mal

l and

med

ium

siz

eden

terp

rises

17. S

cien

ce a

nd re

sear

ch18

. Edu

catio

n an

d tr

aini

ng19

. Tel

ecom

mun

icat

ion

and

info

rmat

ion

tech

nolo

gy20

. Cul

ture

and

aud

io-v

isua

lpo

licy

21. R

egio

nal p

olic

y22

. Env

ironm

ent

1. a

ll sh

ipm

ents

of w

aste

reco

very

sha

ll be

not

ified

toth

e co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

(unt

il 31

Dec

201

1)

1. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for e

xist

ing

stor

age

inst

alla

tions

at

term

inal

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004/

until

31

Dec

200

7)2.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r loa

ding

and

unlo

adin

g eq

uipm

ent a

tte

rmin

als

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

4/un

til 3

1 D

ec 2

007)

3. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for e

xist

ing

mob

ile c

onta

iner

s at

term

inal

s(u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

007)

4. s

hall

not a

pply

the

82

requ

irem

ents

for l

oadi

ng in

toex

istin

g st

orag

e in

stal

latio

ns a

tse

rvic

e st

atio

ns (u

ntil

31 D

ec20

04/ u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

007)

5. s

hall

obje

ct to

shi

pmen

ts o

fw

aste

reco

very

for a

faci

lity

bene

fitin

g fro

m a

tem

pora

ryde

roga

tion

6. s

hall

atta

in th

e ov

eral

lre

cove

ry ta

rget

s fo

r the

pack

agin

g m

ater

ial (

by 3

1 D

ec20

07)

7. s

hall

not a

pply

the

limit

valu

es fo

r dis

char

ges

ofm

ercu

ry a

nd b

enzo

pyre

ne in

toth

e w

ater

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

006)

8. s

hall

not a

pply

the

limit

valu

es fo

r dis

char

ges

ofte

trach

lorth

ylen

e,tri

chlo

reth

ylen

e an

dte

tracl

orm

etha

ne in

to th

ew

ater

s (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

006)

9. s

hall

not a

pply

the

requ

irem

ents

for c

olle

ctin

gsy

stem

s an

d tre

atm

ent o

fur

ban

was

te w

ater

(unt

il 31

Dec

201

5)10

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

eem

issi

on li

mit

valu

es a

nd th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

rm

easu

rem

ent t

o ce

rtain

inci

nera

tors

(unt

il 31

Dec

2006

)11

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

ere

quire

men

ts fo

r the

gra

ntin

gof

per

mits

for e

xist

ing

inst

alla

tions

to c

erta

in

83

inst

alla

tions

(unt

il th

e en

d of

2011

)12

. sha

ll no

t app

ly th

eem

issi

on li

mit

valu

es fo

rsu

phur

dio

xide

, nitr

ogen

oxid

es a

nd d

ust (

until

31

Dec

2007

)23

. Con

sum

ers

and

heal

thpr

otec

tion

24. J

HA

25. C

usto

m u

nion

26. E

xter

nal r

elat

ions

27. C

omm

on fo

reig

n an

dse

curit

y po

licy

28. F

inan

cial

con

trol

29.

Fina

ncia

l and

bud

geta

rypr

ovis

ions

84

Ann

ex 1

3. S

love

nia

Cha

pter

no

Tran

sitio

nal a

rran

gem

ent

Der

ogat

ion

Exem

ptio

nSp

ecia

l pro

visi

on

1. F

ree

mov

emen

t of g

oods

1. s

hall

rem

ain

valid

the

mar

ketin

g au

thor

isat

ions

for

the

phar

mac

eutic

al p

rodu

cts

liste

d an

d is

sued

und

erSl

oven

ian

law

prio

r to

the

date

of a

cces

sion

(unt

il th

ey a

rere

new

ed o

r unt

il 31

Dec

200

7)2.

Fre

e m

ovem

ent o

fpe

rson

s3.

Fre

e m

ovem

ent o

fse

rvic

es1.

sha

ll no

t app

ly th

e D

ir.86

/635

/EEC

rela

ting

tosa

ving

s an

d lo

ans

unde

rtaki

ngs

esta

blis

hed

befo

re 2

0 Fe

b 19

99 (u

ntil

31D

ec 2

004)

2. s

hall

not a

pply

the

Dir.

94/1

9/EC

to s

avin

gs a

nd lo

ans

unde

rtaki

ngs

esta

blis

hed

befo

re 2

0 Fe

b. 1

999

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

4)3.

sha

ll no

t app

ly D

ir.20

00/1

2/EC

to s

avin

gs a

ndlo

ans

unde

rtaki

ngs

esta

blis

hed

befo

re 2

0 Fe

b19

99 (u

ntil

31 D

ec 2

004)

1. n

eith

er th

e le

vel n

or th

esc

ope

of th

e co

ver p

rovi

ded

inSl

oven

ia b

y an

inve

stm

ent f

irmfro

m a

noth

er m

embe

r sta

tem

ay e

xcee

d th

e le

vel o

r sco

peof

the

com

pens

atio

n pr

ovid

edby

the

corre

spon

ding

com

pens

atio

n sc

hem

e in

Slov

enia

(unt

il 31

Dec

200

5)

4. F

ree

mov

emen

t of c

apita

l1.

may

reso

rt to

the

gene

ral

safe

guar

d cl

ause

as

rega

rds

the

real

est

ate

mar

ket (

for a

perio

d of

up

to m

ax 7

yea

rsaf

ter t

he d

ate

of a

cces

sion

)5.

Com

pany

law

6. C

ompe

titio

n po

licy

85

7. A

gric

ultu

re1.

may

mai

ntai

n in

ser

vice

cage

s no

t mee

ting

the

min

requ

irem

ents

for t

he p

rote

ctio

nof

layi

ng h

ens

(unt

il 31

Dec

2009

)2.

may

pos

tpon

e th

eap

plic

atio

n of

Dir.

200

2/53

/EC

and

2003

/55/

EC w

ith re

gard

toth

e m

arke

ting

in it

s te

rrito

ry o

fse

eds

of v

arie

ties

liste

d in

its

natio

nal c

atal

ogue

s (fo

r 5ye

ars

afte

r the

acc

essi

onda

te)

1. m

ay g

rant

sta

te a

id fo

r the

prod

uctio

n of

oil

pum

pkin

s (fo

r5

year

s fro

m th

e da

te o

fac

cess

ion)

2. m

ay b

e de

roga

ted

the

min

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Annex 14. Table of Contents of the Treaty of Accession

A. Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, theFederal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain,the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy ofLuxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, thePortuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of theEuropean Union) and the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, theRepublic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, theRepublic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, theRepublic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, concerning the accession of theCzech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, theRepublic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, theRepublic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and theSlovak Republic to the European Union

B. Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, theRepublic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, theRepublic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, theRepublic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and theadjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded

Part One: Principles

Part two: Adjustments to the Treaties

Part three: Permanent provisions

Part four: Temporary provisions

Part five: Provisions relating to the implementation of the Act of Accession

Annexes

Protocols

Final Act

I. Text of the Final Act

II. Declarations by the Plenipotentiaries

III. Other Declarations

89

IV. Exchange of Letter between the European Union and the CzechRepublic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, theRepublic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic ofHungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, theRepublic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic on an information andconsultation procedure for the adoption of certain decisions andother measures to be taken during the period preceding accession

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