# Council Decision of 8 November 2011 on the conclusion of an Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area and four related agreements (2011/733/EU), Article 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, make the following notification:
‘As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community. Therefore, references to "the European Community" in the text of the Agreements are, where appropriate, to be read as "the European Union”.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/733/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-733/article-3
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