Considerations on COM(2008)139-2 - Conclusion of the Protocol to the stabilisation and association agreement with Albania to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU

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dossier COM(2008)139-2 - Conclusion of the Protocol to the stabilisation and association agreement with Albania to take account of the accession of ...
document COM(2008)139 EN
date February 26, 2009
 
table>(1)The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, has been signed on behalf of the European Community and the Member States on 19 November 2008 in accordance with Council Decision 2009/330/EC (1).
(2)The Protocol should be concluded,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Member States.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, deposit the instruments of approval provided for in Article 11 of the Protocol. The President of the Commission shall simultaneously deposit these instruments on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

Done at Brussels, 26 February 2009.

For the Council

The President

I. LANGER

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO


(1) See page 1 of this Official Journal.