Rządowy projekt ustawy o ratyfikacji Umowy o udziale Republiki Bułgarii i Rumunii w Europejskim Obszarze Gospodarczym, podpisanej w Brukseli dnia 25 lipca 2007.

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JOINT DECLARATIONS AND STATEMENTS
BY THE PRESENT CONTRACTING PARTIES
AND THE NEW CONTRACTING PARTIES
TO THE AGREEMENT

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JOINT DECLARATION
ON THE TIMELY RATIFICATION OF
THE AGREEMENT ON THE PARTICIPATION OF
THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA AND ROMANIA
IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA


The Present Contracting Parties and New Contracting Parties stress the importance of timely
ratification or approval of the Agreement on the Participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania in the European Economic Area by the Present Contracting Parties and the New
Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements in order to
ensure the good functioning of the European Economic Area.
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JOINT DECLARATION
ON THE EXPIRY DATE
OF THE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS


The transitional arrangements from the Treaty of Accession shall be taken over into the EEA
Agreement and shall expire on the same date as they would have if the enlargement of the
European Union and the EEA had taken place simultaneously on 1 January 2007.
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JOINT DECLARATION
CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE
RULES OF ORIGIN AFTER ENTRY INTO FORCE
OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE PARTICIPATION OF
THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA AND ROMANIA
IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA


1.
Proof of origin properly issued by an EFTA State or a New Contracting Party in the
framework of a preferential agreement concluded between the EFTA States and the New
Contracting Party or in the framework of unilateral national legislation of an EFTA State or a
New Contracting Party shall be considered being proof of EEA preferential origin, provided
that:


(a) the proof of origin and the transport documents were issued no later than the day before
the accession of the New Contracting Party to the European Union;


(b) the proof of origin is submitted to the customs authorities within the period of four
months from the entry into force of the Agreement.

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