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Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

Treaty of Accession 2005 Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Signed	25 April 2005
Location	Neimënster Abbey, Luxembourg
Effective	1 January 2007
Condition	ratification by Bulgaria, Romania and all 25 Member States of the European Union
Signatories	European Union (25 members) Bulgaria Romania
Ratifiers	27 / 27
Depositary	Government of the Italian Republic
Languages	All 21 official Languages of the European Union, Bulgarian and Romanian
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The Treaty of Accession 2005 is an agreement between the member states of European Union and Bulgaria and Romania. It entered into force on 1 January 2007. The Treaty arranged accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU and amended earlier Treaties of the European Union. As such it is an integral part of the constitutional basis of the European Union.

Full title

The full official name of the Treaty is:

Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

History

Following successful completion of accession negotiations European Council concluded on 17 December 2004 that Bulgaria and Romania were ready to become members of the European Union. A request for assent (C6‑0085/2005) was submitted to the European Parliament.

On 22 February, the 2005 European Commission delivered a favourable opinion on the accession to the European Union of Bulgaria and Romania. As a result, on 13 April 2005 the European Parliament gave assent to the applications of Bulgaria and Romania to become members of the European Union. The parliament voted in favour of Romania with 497 positive votes, 93 negative votes and 71 abstentions, while Bulgaria received 522 votes in favour, 70 votes against and 69 abstentions. On 25 April 2005 Council of the European Union accepted the applications for admission of Bulgaria and Romania.

The treaty was signed on 25 April 2005, in Neimënster Abbey, Luxembourg. In addition to the Treaty of Accession a Final Act was signed. The Final Act registers the results of the accession negotiations, including any declarations made by the parties. It also laid down arrangements for the period between signing and entry into force of the treaty. Ratification of the Treaty of Accession is summarized in the table below. The process was completed on 20 December 2006.

Parliament	Date	Result	Deposition
Bulgaria	11 May 2005	Yes. Народно събрание (Narodno Sabranie): 231 to 1 in favour, 2 abstentions.	27 May 2005
Romania	17 May 2005	Yes. Camerele Reunite: 434 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.	27 May 2005
Slovakia	21 June 2005	Yes. Národná rada: 102 to 0 in favour, 2 abstentions.	28 September 2005
Hungary	26 September 2005	Yes. Országgyűlés: 257 to 6 in favour, 1 abstention.	26 October 2005
Cyprus	27 October 2005	Yes. House of Representatives: 56 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.	26 January 2006
Estonia	16 November 2005	Yes. Riigikogu: 69 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.	6 February 2006
Malta	24 January 2006	Yes. Kamra tad-Deputati: Agreed without a division.	22 February 2006
Greece	2 November 2005	Yes. Βουλή των Ελλήνων (Voulí ton Ellínon): Approved by acclamation.	24 February 2006
Czech Republic	15 September 2005	Yes. Senát: 66 to 0 in favour, 2 abstentions.	3 March 2006
	6 December 2005	Yes. Poslanecká sněmovna: 155 to 0 in favour, 1 abstention.
Italy	22 November 2005	Yes. Senato: Approved by show of hands.	21 March 2006
	22 December 2005	Yes. Camera dei Deputati: 415 to 3 in favour, 4 abstentions.
Slovenia	29 September 2005	Yes. Državni zbor: 64 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.	30 March 2006
United Kingdom	24 November 2005	Yes. Commons: Agreed without a division.	5 April 2006
	7 February 2006	Yes. Lords: Agreed without a division.
incl.  Gibraltar	8 December 2006	Yes. Gibraltar Parliament (Then, Gibraltar House of Assembly):
Latvia	26 January 2006	Yes. Saeima: 79 to 0 in favour, 5 abstentions.	5 May 2006
Sweden	9 May 2006	Yes. Riksdag: Approved by acclamation.	9 June 2006
Spain	24 November 2005	Yes. Congreso de los Diputados: 303 to 1 in favour, 0 abstentions.	21 June 2006
	14 December 2005	Yes. Senado: 247 to 1 in favour, 0 abstentions.
Austria	26 April 2006	Yes. Nationalrat: Approved by show of hands with 2 against.	26 June 2006
	11 May 2006	Yes. Bundesrat: Approved by show of hands with 1 against.
Lithuania	30 March 2006	Yes. Seimas: 85 to 1 in favour, 3 abstentions.	27 June 2006
Finland	19 June 2006	Yes. Eduskunta/Riksdag: Adopted without voting.	2 August 2006
incl.  Åland	20 March 2006	Yes. Lagting: Approved by acclamation.
Netherlands	7 February 2006	Yes. Tweede Kamer: 93 to 52 in favour, 0 abstentions.	31 August 2006
	13 June 2006	Yes. Eerste Kamer: Adopted without voting with 4 against.
Portugal	8 March 2006	Yes. Assembleia: 181 to 0 in favour, 11 abstentions.	2 October 2006
Poland	10 March 2006	Yes. Sejm: 426 to 1 in favour, 1 abstention.	3 October 2006
	30 March 2006	Yes. Senat: 71 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.
Luxembourg	29 June 2006	Yes. Chamber of Deputies: 60 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.	10 October 2006
Ireland	13 June 2006	Yes. Dáil Éireann: Agreed without a division.	16 October 2006
	21 June 2006	Yes. Seanad Éireann: Agreed without a division.
Belgium	30 March 2006	Yes. Senaat / Sénat: 52 to 8 in favour, 0 abstentions.	19 October 2006
	20 April 2006	Yes. Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants: 115 to 14 in favour, 1 abstention.
	12 May 2006	Yes. Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Parlement: 77 to 6 in favour, 0 abstentions.
	12 May 2006	Yes. Assemblée réunie / Verenigde Vergadering (Brussels): 77 (66 French-speaking, 11 Dutch-speaking) to 6 (all Dutch-speaking) in favour, 0 abstentions.
	27 June 2006	Yes. Parlement de la Communauté française: 57 to 0 in favour, 3 abstentions.
	12 July 2006	Yes. Vlaams Parlement: 79 to 29 in favour, 0 abstentions on community matters; 77 to 26 in favour, 0 abstentions on regional matters.
	19 July 2006	Yes. Parlement wallon: 61 to 0 in favour, 1 abstention on regional matters; 60 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions on transferred community matters.
	19 September 2006	Yes. Parlament der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft: 25 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.
	20 October 2006	Yes. Parlement bruxellois francophone: 64 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.
Denmark	21 November 2006	Yes. Folketing: 97 to 2 in favour, 15 abstentions.	5 December 2006
France	27 June 2006	Yes. Assemblée nationale: Approved unanimously by show of hands.	6 December 2006
	3 October 2006	Yes. Sénat: Approved by show of hands with 2 senators abstaining from voting.
Germany	26 October 2006	Yes. Bundestag: 529 to 12 in favour, 10 abstentions.	20 December 2006
	24 November 2006	Yes. Bundesrat: 69 to 0 in favour, 0 abstentions.

The default date for entry into force of the Treaty was 1 January 2007. Provisions were made for the postponement of the accession of one or both countries until 1 January 2008. Such a decision could have been taken by the Council of the European Union acting upon recommendation of the European Commission. In its 16 May 2006 monitoring report, the Commission delivered the final recommendation about the date of accession, but requested further progress from Bulgaria and Romania. The 26 September 2006 monitoring report concluded that both countries were sufficiently prepared to meet the political, economic and acquis criteria. It recommended against postponement of accession (instead of delaying membership it was decided to address the shortcomings through a subsequent cooperation and verification mechanism). The treaty entered into force on 1 January 2007.

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Treaty

The Treaty itself consists of six articles.

Article 1 arranges the accession of Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

Paragraph 1 makes Republic of Bulgaria and Romania full members of the European Union.

Paragraph 2 makes both countries parties to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. Thus Bulgaria and Romania does not have to ratify the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe separately.

Paragraph 3 makes Protocol that sets the conditions and arrangements for admission and its annexes integral part of the Treaty itself.

Paragraph 4 annexes the above-mentioned Protocol to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and makes its provisions integral part of these treaties.

Article 2 provides for the situation when the Treaty itself enters into force before the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. Thus it will provide the legal basis of the membership Bulgaria and Romania from 1 January 2007 until the Constitution of Europe is finally implemented in its present form (if ever).

Paragraph 1 states that both countries become parties to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded. Provisions of Article 1, paragraphs 2-4 will be applicable only from the date of the entry into force of the Constitution of Europe.

Paragraph 2 states that until the above-mentioned event the conditions of admission and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the Union is founded will be provided by the Act annexed to the Treaty, which forms integral part of the Treaty itself.

Paragraph 3 arranges substitution of the Act with the Protocol upon the entry into force of the Constitution of Europe and legal consequences of this switch.

Article 3 defines all member states of European union, including Bulgaria and Romania as equal in respect of all Treaties of the Union, including this one.

Article 4 is about ratification and entry into force of the Treaty.

Paragraph 1 stipulates that the Treaty should be ratified by all parties by 31 December 2006 and ratification instruments should be deposited with the Italian government.

Paragraph 2 and 3 define the data from which the Treaty enters into force, mechanism for eventual postponement in respect of one or both of the acceding states, and provides for the situation when one or more country have ratified the Treaty, but have failed to deposit the ratification instruments by 1 January 2007. The ratification procedures were completed in time and the Treaty entered into force on 1 January 2007 on the territory of all member states.

Article 5 stipulates that the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe drawn up in the Bulgarian and Romanian languages shall be annexed to this Treaty and they will be authentic under the same conditions as the texts in all other official languages of the European union.

Article 6 states that the Treaty exists as a single original drawn in all official languages of the European Union. Each of these texts is equally authentic and the original will be deposited with the Italian government, while all parties will receive certified copies.

3. Protocol to the Treaty

4. Act to the Treaty

5. Final Act

See also

• Law of the European Union
• 2007 enlargement of the European Union
• Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification

References

1. Conclusions from European summit Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
2. Commission opinion on the applications for accession to the European Union by the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania
3. European Parliament legislative resolution on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union
4. European Parliament legislative resolution on the application by Romania to become a member of the European Union
5. European Parliament results
6. Decision of the Council of the European Union on the admission of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
7. Detail information and photos from the signing ceremony
8. Text of the Final Act
9. Declarations made by the parties of the treaty
10. Arrangements for the period between signing and entry into force of the treaty
11. Article 4 of the Treaty requires that instruments of ratification be deposited with the Government of the Italian Republic in order for the Treaty to enter into force. Each country deposits the instrument of ratification after its internal ratification process is finalized by all required state bodies (parliament and the head of state). Countries are ordered according to the date of deposition of ratification documents. When two countries have deposited the necessary documents on the same date the order is alphabetical.
12. Results refer to the final round when more than one vote is required.
13. "Ratification details". Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
14. Bulgarian National Assembly results
15. Parliament of Romania results
16. Slovak National Council results Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
17. Hungarian Parliament results
18. Cyprus Parliament results
19. Estonian Parliament results Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
20. Parliament of Malta results Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
21. Greek Parliament results Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
22. Czech Senate results
23. Czech Chamber of Deputies results
24. Italian Senate results
25. "Italian Chamber of Deputies results". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2006-12-09.
26. Slovenian National Assembly results
27. UK House of Commons results
28. UK House of Lords results
29. European Communities Ordinance amendment 28/2006 Gibraltar is a British overseas territory. It was part of the European Union, but was subject to certain exemptions. Gibraltar Parliament ratification was not necessary for the Treaty to enter into force, but changes in the legislation were needed for its provisions to apply on the territory of Gibraltar.
30. Latvian Parliament results
31. Swedish Parliament results
32. Spanish Chamber of Representatives results
33. Spanish Senate results
34. Austrian Nationalrat results
35. Austrian Bundesrat results
36. Lithuanian Parliament results
37. Finish Parliament results
38. Åland is an autonomous province of Finland. It is part of the European Union, but is subject to certain exemptions. Åland Parliament ratification is not necessary for the Treaty to enter into force, but is needed for its provisions to apply on the territory of Åland islands.
39. Åland Parliament results
40. "Dutch Chamber of Deputies results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
41. Dutch Senate results
42. Portuguese Parliament results Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
43. Polish Sejm results
44. Polish Senate results
45. Luxemburg Chamber of Deputies results
46. Irish Chamber of Deputies results
47. Irish Senate results
48. Belgian Senate results
49. Belgian Chamber of Representatives results
50. Brussels Parliament results
51. United Assembly results
52. Belgian Parliament of the French Community results
53. Belgian Parliament of the Flemish Community results Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
54. Wallon Parliament results
55. Belgian Parliament of the German Speaking Community results
56. Assembly report
57. Danish Parliament results
58. French National Assembly results
59. French Senate results
60. German Bundestag results
61. German Bundesrat results Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
62. Notice concerning the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession
63. Monitoring report on the state of preparedness for EU membership of Bulgaria and Romania-May 2006
64. Monitoring report on the state of preparedness for EU membership of Bulgaria and Romania – September 2006
65. Notice announcing the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession on 1 January 2007
66. Full text of the Treaty

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