Attachment

United Kingdom

PROTOCOL ADJUSTING THE AGREEMENT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

IRELAND,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

AND

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND,

THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN,

THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Parties;

WHEREAS the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement, was signed in Oporto on 2 May 1992;

WHEREAS Article 129 (2) of the EEA Agreement provides that it shall be ratified or approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements;

WHEREAS it has become clear that one of the signatories to the EEA Agreement, the Swiss Confederation, is not in a position to ratify the EEA Agreement;

WHEREAS the other signatories to the EEA Agreement, remaining fully attached to its objectives, are determined to enact the EEA Agreement as soon as possible;

WHEREAS a new date for the entry into force of the EEA Agreement has to be laid down;

WHEREAS special provisions are required for the entry into force of the EEA Agreement as regards the Principality of Liechtenstein;

WHEREAS a number of adjustments to the EEA Agreement are necessary as a consequence of the non-ratification by Switzerland;

WHEREAS it is desirable to include among such adjustments a provision reflecting the wish of the Contracting Parties to enable Switzerland to participate in the EEA in the future;

HAVE DECIDED to conclude the following Protocol:

Hecho en Bruselas, el diecisiete de marzo de mil novecientos noventa y tres.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den syttende marts nitten hundrede og treoghalvfems.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebzehnten März neunzehnhundertdreiundneunzig.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα εφτά Μαρτίου χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα τρία.

Done at Brussels on the seventeenth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three.

Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-sept mars mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-treize.

Gjört í Brussel hinn sautjánda dag marsmánaðar 1993.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciassette marzo millenovecentonovantatre.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zeventiende maart negentienhonderd drieënnegentig.

Utferdiget i Brussel på den syttende dag i mars i året nittenhundre og nittitre.

Feito em Bruxelas, em dezassete de Março de mil novecentos e noventa e três.

Tehty Brysselissä, seitsemäntenätoista päivänä maaliskuuta vuonna tuhat yhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäkolme.

Som skedde i Bryssel den sjuttonde mars nittonhundranittiotre.

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Für den Rat und die Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften

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For the Council and the Commission of the European Communities

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Per il Consiglio e la Commissione delle Comunità europee

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For Ireland

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Für die Republik Österreich

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