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

Where goods were declared for importation from an EFTA State or a New Contracting Party
in, respectively, a New Contracting Party or an EFTA State prior to the date of accession of
the New Contracting Party to the European Union, under preferential arrangements in force
between an EFTA State and a New Contracting Party at that time, proof of origin issued
retrospectively under those arrangements may also be accepted in the EFTA States or the
New Contracting Parties provided that it is submitted to the customs authorities within the
period of four months from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

2.
The EFTA States, on the one hand, and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, on the other
hand, are authorised to retain the authorisations with which the status of "approved exporters"
has been granted in the framework of agreements concluded between the EFTA States, on the
one hand, and the Republic of Bulgaria or Romania, on the other hand, provided that the
approved exporters apply the EEA rules of origin.


These authorisations shall be replaced by the EFTA States and the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania, no later than one year after the date of entry into force of the Agreement, by new
authorisations issued under the conditions laid down in Protocol 4 to the Agreement on the
European Economic Area.

3.
Requests for subsequent verification of proof of origin issued under the preferential
agreements and arrangements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall be accepted by the
competent authorities of the EFTA States and the New Contracting Parties for a period of
three years after the issue of the proof of origin concerned and may be made by those
authorities for a period of three years after acceptance of the proof of origin.
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JOINT DECLARATION
ON TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND
PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS


1.
In the context of the EEA enlargement negotiations, consultations were undertaken between
the Present Contracting Parties and the New Contracting Parties to examine the need to adjust
the bilateral trade concessions in agricultural products and processed agricultural products in
the relevant parts of the EEA Agreement or the relevant bilateral agreements between the
European Community and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, respectively, in light of the
enlargement of the European Union.

2.
The Present Contracting Parties and the New Contracting Parties have examined product by
product market access conditions and agreed that no additional trade concessions regarding
agricultural or processed agricultural products will be added to any existing agreements in the
context of enlargement.

3.
The Present Contracting Parties and the New Contracting Parties have agreed that Iceland,
Liechtenstein and Norway shall not make any claim, request or referral nor modify or
withdraw any concession pursuant to GATT 1994 Articles XXIV.6 and XXVIII regarding
agricultural products in relation to this enlargement of the European Union.
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JOINT DECLARATION
ON LIECHTENSTEIN'S SECTORAL ADAPTATION
IN THE FIELD OF FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS


The Present Contracting Parties and the New Contracting Parties,

–
Referring to the sectoral adaptations for Liechtenstein in the field of free movement of
persons as introduced by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 191/1999 and amended by
the Agreement on the Participation of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the
Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of
Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the
Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area of 14 October 2003,

–
Observing an ongoing high demand from nationals of EC and EFTA States to reside in
Liechtenstein, surpassing the net immigration rate set out in the above mentioned regime,

–
Considering that the participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the EEA results in a higher
number of nationals having the right of invoking the free movement of persons as enshrined
in the EEA Agreement,

Agree to duly take into account this factual situation as well as the unchanged absorption capacity
of Liechtenstein when reviewing the sectoral adaptations in Annex V and VIII to the EEA
Agreement.
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JOINT STATEMENT
ON THE PRIORITY SECTORS MENTIONED
IN PROTOCOL 38A


The Present Contracting Parties and the New Contracting Parties recall that not all priority sectors
as defined in Article 3 of Protocol 38a must be covered in each Beneficiary State.
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JOINT STATEMENT
ON THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS


The Present Contracting Parties and the New Contracting Parties agree that the various financial
contribution arrangements agreed in the context of EEA enlargement shall not constitute a
precedent for the period after they expire on 30 April 2009.
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