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the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, and the EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as \"the Community\", of the one part, and the plenipotentiaries of the REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN, of the other part, meeting at Luxembourg on the twenty-second day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six for the signature of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as \"the Agreement\", have adopted the following texts: the Agreement including its Annexes and the following Protocol:

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Protocol on mutual assistance between administrative authorities in customs matters.

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The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community and the plenipotentiaries of the Republic of Azerbaijan have adopted the texts of the Joint Declarations listed below and annexed to this Final Act:

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Joint Declaration concerning the 12th recital in the preamble to the Agreement Joint Declaration concerning Article 4 of the Agreement Joint Declaration in relation to Article 6 of the Agreement Joint Declaration concerning Article 15 of the Agreement Joint Declaration concerning the notion of \"control\" in Article 25(b) and Article 36 Joint Declaration concerning Article 35 of the Agreement Joint Declaration concerning Article 42 of the Agreement Joint Declaration concerning Article 55 of the Agreement Joint Declaration concerning Article 98 of the Agreement.

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The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community and the plenipotentiaries of the Republic of Azerbaijan have further taken note of the Declaration by the French Government on its overseas countries and territories annexed to this Final Act.

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The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community and the plenipotentiaries of the Republic of Azerbaijan have also taken note of the following Exchange of Letters annexed to this Final Act:

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Exchange of Letters between the Community and the Republic of Azerbaijan in relation to the establishment of companies.

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Hecho en Luxemburgo, el veintidės de abril de mil novecientos noventa y seis.

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Udfördiget i Luxembourg, den toogtyvende april nitten hundrede og seksoghalvfems.

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Geschehen zu Luxemburg am zweiundzwanzigsten April neunzehnhundertsechsundneunzig. >ISO_7>øółżõ ėĮ˙ Ė˙įžõüņ˙žęó˙, ėĮłĖ õčś˙ėł ōž˙ ĮĘęłūč˙į ščūłń õżżłńśŽėłń õżõżČżĮń ąžł. >ISO_1>Done at Luxembourg on the twenty-second day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six.

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Fait š Luxembourg, le vingt-deux avril mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-seize.

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Fatto a Lussemburgo, addü ventidue aprile millenovecentonovantasei.

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Gedaan te Luxemburg, de tweeūntwintigste april negentienhonderd zesennegentig.

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Feito no Luxemburgo, em vinte e dois de Abril de mil novecentos e noventa e seis.

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Tehty Luxemburgissa kahdentenakymmenentenōtoisena pōivōnō huhtikuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeksōnsataayhdeksōnkymmentōkuusi.

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Som skedde i Luxemburg den tjugoandra april nittonhundranittiosex. >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004401.TIF\"> Pour le Royaume de Belgique/Voor het Koninkrijk Belgiū/FŽr das KŠnigreich Belgien >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004501.TIF\"> Cette signature engage łgalement la Communautł fran÷aise, la Communautł flamande, la Communautł germanophone, la Rłgion wallonne, la Rłgion flamande et la Rłgion de Bruxelles-Capitale./Deze handtekening verbindt eveneens de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, de Franse Gemeenschap, de Duitstalige Gemeenschap, het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest./Diese Unterschrift verbindet zugleich die Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, die Flōmische Gemeinschaft, die FranzŠsische Gemeinschaft, die Wallonische Region, die Flōmische Region und die Region BrŽssel-Hauptstadt.

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For Kongeriget Danmark >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004502.TIF\"> FŽr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004503.TIF\"> >ISO_7>Ćłń Į÷ż Åūū÷żłśČ Ä÷ü˙śęńĮčń >ISO_1>> PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004504.TIF\"> Por el Reino de Espaęa >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004601.TIF\"> Pour la Rłpublique fran÷aise >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004602.TIF\"> Thar ceann na hÉireann/For Ireland >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004603.TIF\"> Per la Repubblica italiana >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004604.TIF\"> Pour le Grand-Duchł de Luxembourg >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004605.TIF\"> Voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004701.TIF\"> FŽr die Republik Österreich >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004702.TIF\"> Pela RepŪblica Portuguesa >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004703.TIF\"> Suomen tasavallan puolesta/FŠr Republiken Finland >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004704.TIF\"> FŠr Konungariket Sverige >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004705.TIF\"> For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004706.TIF\"> Por las Comunidades Europeas/For De Europöiske Föllesskaber/FŽr die Europōischen Gemeinschaften/>ISO_7>Ćłń ĮłĖ ÅįęųĘńŪśąĖ Ź˙łżŽĮ÷ĮõĖ/>ISO_1>For the European Communities/Pour les Communautłs europłennes/Per le Comunitš europee/Voor de Europese Gemeenschappen/Pelas Comunidades Europeias/Euroopan yhteisŠjen puolesta/FŠr Europeiska gemenskaperna >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004801.TIF\"> >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004802.TIF\"> >PIC FILE= \"L_1999246EN.004803.TIF\"> Joint Declaration concerning the 12th recital in the preamble The Parties confirm that the 12th recital in the preamble to this Agreement does not imply any judgment as to which countries, other than Azerbaijan, energy products should transit.

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Joint Declaration concerning Article 4 In reviewing changing circumstances in the Republic of Azerbaijan, as foreseen in Article 4, the Parties shall discuss important changes which may have a significant bearing on Azerbaijan's future development. This could include accession by Azerbaijan to the WTO, the Council of Europe or other international bodies or accession to any regional customs union or any form of regional integration agreement.

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Joint Declaration in relation to Article 6 Should the Parties agree that circumstances warrant meetings at the highest level, such meetings may be arranged on an ad hoc basis.

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Joint Declaration concerning Article 15 Until the Republic of Azerbaijan accedes to the WTO, the Parties shall hold consultations in the Cooperation Committee on their import tariff policies, including changes in tariff protection. In particular, such consultations shall be offered prior to the increase of tariff protection.

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Joint Declaration concerning the notion of \"control\" in Article 25(b) and Article 36 1. The Parties confirm their mutual understanding that the question of control shall depend on the factual circumstances of the particular case.

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2.A company shall, for example, be considered as being \"controlled\" by another company, and thus a subsidiary of such other company if:
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-the other company holds directly or indirectly a majority of the voting rights, or
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-the other company has the right to appoint or dismiss a majority of the administrative organ, of the management organ or of the supervisory organ and is at the same time a shareholder or member of the subsidiary;
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3.Both Parties consider the criteria in paragraph 2 to be non-exhaustive.
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Joint Declaration concerning Article 35 The sole fact of requiring a visa for natural persons of certain Parties and not for those of others shall not be regarded as nullifying or impairing benefits under a specific commitment.

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Joint Declaration concerning Article 42 The Parties agree that for the purpose of the Agreement, intellectual, industrial and commercial property includes in particular copyright, including the copyright in computer programs, and neighbouring rights, the rights relating to patents, industrial designs, geographical indications, including appellations of origin, trademarks and service marks, topographies of integrated circuits as well as protection against unfair competition as referred to in Article 10bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and Protection of Undisclosed Information on Know-how.

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Joint Declaration concerning Article 55 The provisions of Article 55(3) shall not require either of the Parties to provide information of a confidential nature.

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Joint Declaration concerning Article 98 1. The Parties agree, for the purpose of its correct interpretation and its practical application, that the term \"cases of special urgency\"included in Article 98 of the Agreement means cases of material breach of the Agreement by one of the Parties. A material breach of the Agreement consists in: (a) repudiation of the Agreement not sanctioned by the general rules of international law; or (b) violation of the essential elements of the Agreement set out in

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Article 22. The Parties agree that the \"appropriate measures\" referred to in

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Article 98 are measures taken in accordance with international law.

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If a party takes a measure in a case of special urgency as provided for under Article 98, the other party may avail itself of the procedure relating to settlement of disputes.

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Declaration by the French Government on its overseas countries and territories The French Republic notes that the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Azerbaijan does not apply to the overseas countries and territories associated with the European Community pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

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EXCHANGE OF LETTERS between the Community and the Republic of Azerbaijan in relation to the establishment of companies A. Letter from the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sir, I refer to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement initialled on 19 December 1995.

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As I underlined during the negotiations, the Republic of Azerbaijan grants to Community companies establishing and operating in the Republic of Azerbaijan in certain respects a privileged treatment. I explained that this reflects the Azerbaijani policy to promote by all means the establishment of Community companies in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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With this in mind, it is my understanding that during the period between the date of initialling of this Agreement and the entry into force of the relevant articles on establishment of companies, the Republic of Azerbaijan shall not adopt measures or regulations which would introduce or worsen discrimination of Community companies vis-š-vis Azerbaijani companies or companies from any third country as compared to the situation existing on the date of initialling of this Agreement.

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I would be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter.

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Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

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For the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan B. Letter from the European Community Sir, Thank you for your letter of today's date, which reads as follows: \"I refer to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement intialled on 19 December 1995.

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As I underlined during the negotiations, the Republic of Azerbaijan grants to Community companies establishing and operating in the Republic of Azerbaijan in certain respects a privileged treatment. I explained that this reflects the Azerbaijani policy to promote by all means the establishment of Community companies in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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With this in mind, it is my understanding that during the period between the date of initialling of this Agreement and the entry into force of the relevant articles on establishment of companies, the Republic of Azerbaijan shall not adopt measures or regulations which would introduce or worsen discrimination of Community companies vis-š-vis Azerbaijani companies or companies from any third country as compared to the situation existing on the date of initialling of this Agreement.

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I would be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter.\"

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I acknowledge receipt of the letter.

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Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

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On behalf of the European Community

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