BY THE CZECH REPUBLIC, ESTONIA, CYPRUS, LATVIA, LITHUANIA,
HUNGARY, MALTA, POLAND, SLOVENIA AND SLOVAKIA
TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
Brussels, 3 April 2003
(OR. en)
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TREATY OF ACCESSION
LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Delegations will find attached the Treaty of Accession of theCzechRepublic, Estonia,Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to theEuropeanUnion.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A.Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, theItalianRepublic, the GrandDuchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, theRepublic of Austria, the PortugueseRepublic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the UnitedKingdom of GreatBritain and NorthernIreland (Member States of the European Union) and the CzechRepublic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic ofCyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union 1
B.Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia,the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, theRepublic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic ofSlovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded 1
Part One:Principles...... 2
Part Two:Adjustments to the Treaties...... 14
Title I:Institutional provisions...... 14
Chapter 1:The European Parliament...... 14
Chapter 2:The Council...... 16
Chapter 3:The Court of Justice...... 20
Chapter 4:The Economic and Social Committee...... 21
Chapter 5:The Committee of the Regions...... 23
Chapter 6:The Scientific and Technical Committee...... 24
Chapter 7:The European Central Bank...... 25
Title II:Other adjustments...... 26
Part Three:Permanent provisions...... 27
Title I:Adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions...... 27
Title II:Other provisions...... 28
Part Four:Temporary provisions...... 29
Title I:Transitional measures...... 29
Title II:Other provisions...... 48
Part Five:Provisions relating to the implementation of this Act...... 53
Title I:Setting up of the institutions and bodies...... 53
Title II:Applicability of the acts of the institutions...... 59
Title III:Final provisions...... 62
Annexes
Annex I:List of provisions of the Schengen acquis as integrated into the framework of theEuropean Union and the acts building upon it or otherwise related to it, tobebinding on and applicable in the new Member States as from accession (referred to in Article3 of the Act of Accession) 64
Annex II:List referred to in Article20 of the Act of Accession...... 77
1.Free movement of goods...... 77
A.Motor vehicles...... 77
B.Fertilisers...... 116
C.Cosmetics...... 118
D.Legal metrology and pre-packaging...... 119
E.Pressure vessels...... 123
F.Textiles and footwear...... 124
G.Glass...... 129
H.Horizontal and procedural measures...... 131
I.Public procurement...... 139
J.Foodstuffs...... 219
K.Chemicals...... 235
2.Freedom of movement for persons...... 533
A.Social security...... 533
B.Free movement of workers...... 883
C.Mutual recognition of professional qualifications...... 885
I.General system...... 885
II.Legal professions...... 906
III.Medical and paramedical activities...... 909
IV.Architecture...... 1028
D.Citizens' rights...... 1044
3.Freedom to provide services...... 1049
4.Company law...... 1068
A.Company law...... 1068
B.Accounting standards...... 1078
C.Industrial property rights...... 1087
I.Community trade mark...... 1087
II.Supplementary protection certificates...... 1090
III.Community designs...... 1098
5.Competition policy...... 1101
6.Agriculture...... 1111
A.Agricultural legislation...... 1111
B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation...... 1263
I.Veterinary legislation...... 1263
II.Phytosanitary legislation...... 1497
7.Fisheries...... 1519
8.Transport policy...... 1532
A.Inland transport...... 1532
B.Maritime transport...... 1538
C.Road transport...... 1539
D.Transport by rail...... 1562
E.Transport by inland waterway...... 1575
F.Trans-European transport network...... 1588
G.Air transport...... 1676
9.Taxation...... 1682
10.Statistics...... 1711
11.Social policy and employment...... 1785
12.Energy...... 1791
A.General...... 1791
B.Energy labelling...... 1807
13.Small and medium-sized undertakings...... 1888
14.Education and training...... 1888
15.Regional Policy and coordination of structural instruments...... 1892
16.Environment...... 1922
A.Waste management...... 1922
B.Water quality...... 1922
C.Nature protection...... 1930
D.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 2069
E.Radiation protection...... 2078
F.Chemicals...... 2084
17.Consumers and health protection...... 2086
18.Cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs...... 2086
A.Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters...... 2086
B.Visa policy...... 2116
C.External borders...... 2145
D.Miscellaneous...... 2288
19.Customs union...... 2294
A.Technical adaptations to the customs code and its implementing
provisions...... 2294
I.Customs code...... 2294
II.Implementing provisions...... 2296
B.Other technical adaptations...... 2361
20.External relations...... 2368
21.Common foreign and security policy...... 2464
22.Institutions...... 2473
Annex III:List referred to in Article21 of the Act of Accession...... 2477
1.Freedom of movement for persons...... 2477
2.Agriculture...... 2480
A.Agricultural legislation ...... 2480
B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation...... 2482
I.Veterinary legislation...... 2482
II.Phytosanitary legislation...... 2485
3.Fisheries...... 2488
4.Statistics...... 2493
5.Regional policy and coordination of structural instruments...... 2497
Annex IV:List referred to in Article22 of the Act of Accession...... 2498
1.Free movement of capital...... 2498
2.Company law...... 2499
3.Competition policy...... 2500
4.Agriculture...... 2504
5.Customs union...... 2506
Appendix ...... 2520
Annex V:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Czech Republic 2536
1.Freedom of movement for persons...... 2536
2.Free movement of capital...... 2547
3.Agriculture...... 2549
A.Veterinary legislation ...... 2549
B.Phytosanitary legislation...... 2553
4.Transport policy...... 2553
5.Taxation...... 2556
6.Energy...... 2560
7.Environment...... 2561
A.Waste management ...... 2561
B.Water quality...... 2561
C.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 2562
Appendix A...... 2563
Appendix B...... 2571
Annex VI:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Estonia...... 2574
1.Freedom of movement for persons...... 2574
2.Freedom to provide services...... 2585
3.Free movement of capital...... 2587
4.Agriculture...... 2589
5.Fisheries...... 2591
6.Transport policy...... 2593
7.Taxation...... 2596
8.Energy...... 2600
9.Environment...... 2601
A.Air quality...... 2601
B.Waste management...... 2603
C.Water quality...... 2604
D.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 2606
E.Nature protection...... 2607
Annex VII:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Cyprus.....2609
1.Free movement of goods...... 2609
2.Freedom to provide services...... 2610
3.Free movement of capital...... 2611
4.Competition policy...... 2611
5.Agriculture...... 2612
A.Agricultural legislation...... 2612
B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation...... 2615
6.Transport policy...... 2616
7.Taxation...... 2617
8.Energy...... 2620
9.Environment...... 2621
A.Air quality...... 2621
B.Waste management...... 2621
C.Water quality...... 2622
D.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 2623
Appendix ...... 2625
Annex VIII:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Latvia...... 2739
1.Freedom of movement for persons...... 2739
2.Freedom to provide services...... 2749
3.Free movement of capital...... 2751
4.Agriculture...... 2752
A.Agricultural legislation...... 2752
B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation...... 2755
I.Veterinary legislation...... 2755
II.Phytosanitary legislation...... 2760
5.Fisheries...... 2761
6.Transport policy...... 2762
7.Taxation...... 2768
8.Social policy and employment...... 2770
9.Energy...... 2772
10.Environment...... 2774
A.Air quality...... 2774
B.Waste management...... 2776
C.Water quality...... 2778
D.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 2780
E.Nuclear safety and radiation protection...... 2782
Appendix A...... 2783
Appendix B...... 2799
Annex IX:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Lithuania...2800
1.Free movement of goods...... 2800
2.Freedom of movement for persons...... 2801
3.Freedom to provide services...... 2811
4.Free movement of capital...... 2813
5.Agriculture...... 2814
A.Agricultural legislation...... 2814
B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation...... 2816
I.Veterinary legislation...... 2816
II.Phytosanitary legislation...... 2820
6.Fisheries...... 2821
7.Transport policy...... 2823
8.Taxation...... 2828
9.Energy...... 2830
10.Environment...... 2831
A.Air quality...... 2831
B.Waste management...... 2833
C.Water quality...... 2833
D.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 2834
Appendix A...... 2837
Appendix B...... 3195
Annex X:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Hungary....3204
1.Freedom of movement for persons...... 3204
2.Freedom to provide services...... 3214
3.Free movement of capital...... 3216
4.Competition policy...... 3218
5.Agriculture...... 3224
A.Agricultural legislation...... 3224
B.Veterinary legislation...... 3226
6.Transport policy...... 3228
7.Taxation...... 3236
8.Environment...... 3238
A.Waste management...... 3238
B.Water quality...... 3239
C.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 3241
9.Customs union...... 3246
Appendix A...... 3248
Appendix B...... 3254
Annex XI:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Malta...... 3256
1.Free movement of goods...... 3256
2.Freedom of movement for persons...... 3257
3.Competition policy...... 3260
4.Agriculture...... 3271
A.Agricultural legislation...... 3271
B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation...... 3288
I.Veterinary legislation...... 3288
II.Phytosanitary legislation...... 3290
5.Fisheries...... 3291
6.Transport policy...... 3292
7.Taxation...... 3294
8.Social policy and employment...... 3296
9.Energy...... 3298
10.Environment...... 3299
A.Air quality...... 3299
B.Waste management...... 3300
C.Water quality...... 3302
D.Nature protection...... 3306
E.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 3308
11.Customs union...... 3309
Appendix A...... 3312
Appendix B...... 3741
Appendix C...... 3742
Annex XII:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Poland.....3743
1.Free movement of goods...... 3743
2.Freedom of movement for persons...... 3748
3.Freedom to provide services...... 3759
4.Free movement of capital...... 3761
5.Competition policy...... 3764
6.Agriculture...... 3774
A.Agricultural legislation...... 3774
B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation...... 3777
I.Veterinary legislation...... 3777
II.Phytosanitary legislation...... 3786
7.Fisheries...... 3792
8.Transport policy...... 3793
9.Taxation...... 3804
10.Social policy and employment...... 3808
11.Energy...... 3809
12.Telecommunications and information technologies...... 3810
13.Environment...... 3810
A.Air quality...... 3810
B.Waste management...... 3812
C.Water quality...... 3819
D.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 3823
E.Nuclear safety and radiation protection...... 3844
Appendix A...... 3845
Appendix B...... 4346
Appendix C...... 4461
Annex XIII:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Slovenia....4466
1.Free movement of goods...... 4466
2.Freedom of movement for persons...... 4467
3.Freedom to provide services...... 4477
4.Free movement of capital...... 4479
5.Agriculture...... 4480
A.Agricultural legislation...... 4480
B.Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation...... 4483
I.Veterinary legislation...... 4483
II.Phytosanitary legislation...... 4484
6.Taxation...... 4485
7.Social policy and employment...... 4487
8.Energy...... 4490
9.Environment...... 4491
A.Waste management...... 4491
B.Water quality...... 4491
C.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 4492
Appendix A...... 4495
Appendix B...... 4652
Annex XIV:List referred to in Article24 of the Act of Accession: Slovakia...4654
1.Freedom of movement for persons...... 4654
2.Freedom to provide services...... 4664
3.Free movement of capital...... 4665
4.Competition policy...... 4667
5.Agriculture...... 4672
A.Agricultural legislation...... 4672
B.Veterinary legislation...... 4673
6.Transport policy...... 4676
7.Taxation...... 4679
8.Energy...... 4682
9.Environment...... 4683
A.Air quality...... 4683
B.Waste management...... 4685
C.Water quality...... 4686
D.Industrial pollution control and risk management...... 4689
Appendix ...... 4692
Annex XV:Maximum additional appropriations referred to in Article32(1)
of the Act of Accession...... 4693
Annex XVI:List referred to in Article52(1) of the Act of Accession...... 4695
Annex XVII:List referred to in Article52(2) of the Act of Accession...... 4709
Annex XVIII:List referred to in Article52(3) of the Act of Accession...... 4714
Protocols
Protocol No 1on amendments to the Statute of the European Investment Bank...... 4716
Protocol No 2on the restructuring of the Czech Steel Industry...... 4728
Protocol No 3on the sovereign base areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland in Cyprus...... 4745
Protocol No 4on the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania...... 4763
Protocol No 5on the transit of persons by land between the region of
Kaliningrad and other parts of the Russian Federation...... 4770
Protocol No 6on the acquisition of secondary residences in Malta...... 4774
Protocol No 7on abortion in Malta...... 4776
Protocol No 8on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry...... 4778
Protocol No 9on unit 1 and unit 2 of the Bohunice VI nuclear power plant
in Slovakia...... 4799
Protocol No 10on Cyprus...... 4803
Final Act
I.Text of the Final Act...... 2
II.Declarations adopted by the Plenipotentiaries...... 1
1.Joint Declaration: one Europe...... 1
2.Joint Declaration on the Court of Justice of the
European Communities...... 3
III.Other Declarations...... 3
A.Joint Declarations: the present Member States/Estonia...... 11
3.Joint Declaration on the hunting of brown bears in Estonia.....11
B.Joint Declarations: various present Member States/various
new Member States...... 12
4.Joint Declaration by the Czech Republic and the Republic of Austria concerning their bilateral agreement regarding the Temelin
nuclear power plant...... 12
C.Joint Declarations by the present Member States...... 13
5.Declaration on rural development...... 13
6.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Czech Republic..14
7.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Estonia...... 14
8.Declaration on oil shale, the internal electricity market and
Directive96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 19December1996 concerning common rules for the
internal market in electricity (Electricity Directive): Estonia....15
9.Declaration with respect to Estonian and Lithuanian fishing
activities in the Svalbard zone...... 17
10.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Latvia...... 17
11.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Lithuania...... 18
12.Declaration on the transit of persons by land between the region
of Kaliningrad and other parts of the Russian Federation...... 18
13.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Hungary...... 19
14.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Malta...... 19
15.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Poland...... 20
16.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Slovenia...... 20
17.Declaration on the development of the trans-European
network in Slovenia...... 21
18.Declaration on the free movement of workers: Slovakia...... 21
D.Joint Declarations by various present Member States...... 22
19.Joint Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the
Republic of Austria on the free movement of workers:
Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia...... 22
20.Joint Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the
Republic of Austria on the monitoring of nuclear safety...... 22
E.General Joint Declaration by the present Member States...... 23
21.General Joint Declaration...... 23
F.Joint Declarations by various new Member States...... 24
22.Joint Declaration by the Czech Republic, the Republic
of Estonia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Poland,
the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic on
Article38 of the Act of Accession...... 24
23.Joint Declaration by the Republic of Hungary and the
Republic of Slovenia on AnnexX, Chapter7, point1(a)(ii)
and AnnexXIII, Chapter6, point1(a)(i) to the Act of Accession 26
G.Declarations by the Czech Republic...... 27
24.Declaration by the Czech Republic on transport policy...... 27
25.Declaration by the Czech Republic on workers...... 28
26.Declaration by the Czech Republic on Article35 of the
EU Treaty...... 28
H.Declarations by the Republic of Estonia...... 29
27.Declaration by the Republic of Estonia on steel...... 29
28.Declaration by the Republic of Estonia on fisheries...... 30
29.Declaration by the Republic of Estonia on the North-East
Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)...... 30
30.Declaration by the Republic of Estonia on food safety...... 31
I.Declarations by the Republic of Latvia...... 32
31.Declaration by the Republic of Latvia on the weighting
of votes in the Council...... 32
32.Declaration by the Republic of Latvia on fisheries...... 33
33.Declaration by the Republic of Latvia on Article142a of
Council Regulation(EC) No40/94 of 20December 1993
on the Community trade mark...... 34
J.Declaration by the Republic of Lithuania...... 35
34.Declaration by the Republic of Lithuania with respect to
Lithuanian fishery activities in the regulatory area of the
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)...... 35
K.Declarations by the Republic of Malta...... 36
35.Declaration by the Republic of Malta on neutrality...... 36
36.Declaration by the Republic of Malta on the island region
of Gozo...... 37
37.Declaration by the Republic of Malta on the maintenance of VAT
zero-rating...... 39
L.Declarations by the Republic of Poland...... 40
38.Declaration by the Republic of Poland concerning
competitiveness of the Polish production of some fruit...... 40
39.Declaration by the Government of Poland concerning
public morality...... 41
40.Declaration by the Government of Poland on interpretation of
the derogation from the requirements laid down in
Directive2001/82/EC and in Directive2001/83/EC41
M.Declarations by the Republic of Slovenia...... 42
41.Declaration by the Republic of Slovenia on the
future regional division of the Republic of Slovenia...... 42
42.Declaration by the Republic of Slovenia on the Slovenian
indigenous bee Apis mellifera Carnica (kranjskačebela)..44
N.Declarations by the Commission of the European Communities...... 45
43.Declaration by the Commission of the European Communities
on the general safeguard clause, the internal market safeguard
clause and the justice and home affairs safeguard clause...... 45
44.Declaration by the Commission of the European Communities
to the conclusions of the Accession Conference with Latvia.....46
IV.Exchange of Letters
between the European Union and the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta,
the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the
Slovak Republic on an information and consultation procedure for the adoption of certain decisions and other measures to be taken
during the period preceding accession...... 1
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