Treaty (7 March 1980)

March 07, 1980

PROTOCOL ON THE EXTENSION OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF ASEAN TO THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

of the one part, THE GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI-DARUSSALAM, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND, and THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, of the other part, HAVING REGARD to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations signed on 7 March 1980 in Kuala Lumpur, and extended to Brunei-Darussalam on 16 November 1984, hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement",

WHEREAS Vietnam as a new member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations has applied to accede to the Agreement, HAVE DECIDED to extend the Agreement to Vietnam and this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries: THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: HANS VAN MIERLO Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union MANUEL MARIN Vice-president of the Commission of the European Communities THE GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI-DARUSSALAM:PRINCE MOHAMED BOLKIAH Minister of Foreign Affairs THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA: ALI ALATAS Minister for Foreign Affairs THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA: DATUK ABDULLAH HAJI AHMAD BADAWI Minister of Foreign Affairs THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES: DOMINGO L. SIAZON, JR. Secretary of Foreign Affairs THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE: PROFESSOR S. JAYAKUMAR Minister for Foreign Affairs THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND: PRACHUAB CHAIYASAN Minister of Foreign Affairs THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM: NGUYEN MANH CAM Minister of Foreign Affairs WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

ARTICLE 1

Vietnam accedes to the Agreement by virtue of this Protocol.

ARTICLE 2

The provisions of the Agreement together with the Protocol concerning Article 1 of the Agreement shall apply to Vietnam.

ARTICLE 3

The application of the Agreement to Vietnam shall not affect the application of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam signed on 17 July 1995 and which entered into force on 1 June 1996.ARTICLE 4 This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties have notified each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.

ARTICLE 5

This Protocol is drawn up in eleven originals in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic. Por la Comunidad Europea For Det Europæiske Fæliesskab Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft Gia t?v Eupwnaï??, Koivótrita For the European Community Pour la Communauté européenne Per la Comunita europea Voor de Europese Gemeenschap Pela Comunidade Europeia Euroopan yhteisön puolesta På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar For the Government of Brunei-Darussalam For the Government of the Republic of Indonesia For the Government of Malaysia For the Government of the Republic of the Philippines For the Government of the Republic of Singapore For the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand For the Government of the Socialist Republic of VietnamSource: Supreme Court E-Library