THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,
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,
- The Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and
- The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
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 and to Viet Nam on 14 February 19971, hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”,
WHEREAS the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, as a new member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has applied to accede to the Agreement.
HAVE DECIDED to extend the Agreement to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries :
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY :
CHARLES JOSSELIN,
Minister attached to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, with responsibility for Cooperation and the French-speaking World,
President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union;
CHRIS PATTEN,
Member of the Commission of the European Communities;
THE GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM :
MOHAMED BOLKIAH,
Minister of Foreign Affairs;
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA :
ALWI SHIHAB,
Minister for Foreign Affairs;
THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA :
SYED HAMID ALBAR,
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
S. JAYAKUMAR,
Minister for Foreign Affairs;
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND :
SURIN PITSUWAN,
Minister of Foreign Affairs;
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM :
NGUYEN DY NIEN,
Minister for Foreign Affairs;
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
SOMSAVAT LENGSAVAD,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs;
WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE 1
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic 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 the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
ARTICLE 3
The application of the Agreement to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic shall not affect the application of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic signed on 29 April 1997 and which entered into force on 1 December 1997.
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 two originals in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
Done at Bangkok on the twenty eightth day of July in the year two thousand.
For the European Community
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 Viet Nam
For the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
