LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between the European Union and the United Arab Emirates on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 DGD 1 RD/DOS/hc AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as "the Union" or "the EU", and THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, hereinafter referred to as "the UAE", hereinafter referred to jointly as the "Contracting Parties", WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens; HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the UAE, to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States; BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the Union; DESIRING to safeguard the principle of equal treatment of all EU citizens; 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the UAE on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access to employment continue to apply; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice and the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and confirming that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to the United Kingdom and Ireland, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the United Arab Emirates on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 DGD 1 RDEuropean Atomic Energy Community XT 21028/19 GSC.TFUK JU/DOS/hc AGREEMENT BETWEEN sr THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER THE EUROPEAN UNIONKINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, hereinafter referred CONSIDERING that on 29 March 2017 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("United Kingdom"), following the outcome of a referendum held in the United Kingdom and its sovereign decision to as leave the European Union, notified its intention to withdraw from the European Union ("Union") and the Union" or European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom") in accordance with Article 50 of the EUTreaty on European Union ("TEU"), which applies to Euratom by virtue of Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom Treaty"), WISHING to set out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, taking account of the framework for their future relationship, NOTING the guidelines of 29 April and 15 December 2017 and of 23 March 2018 provided by the European Council in the light of which the Union is to conclude the Agreement setting out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, RECALLING that, pursuant to Article 50 TEU, in conjunction with Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty, and THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESsubject to the arrangements laid down in this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as "the UAE", hereinafter referred to jointly as the "Contracting Parties", WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens; HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 law of the European Parliament Union and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be Euratom in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the UAE, its entirety ceases to apply to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States; BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply United Kingdom from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with this Agreement, STRESSING that the Union; DESIRING to safeguard the principle objective of equal treatment of all EU citizens; 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the UAE on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access is to employment continue to apply; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position ensure an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, RECOGNISING that it is necessary to provide reciprocal protection for Union citizens and for United Kingdom nationals, as well as their respective family members, where they have exercised free movement rights before a date set in this Agreement, and to ensure that their rights under this Agreement are enforceable and based on the principle of non-discrimination; recognising also that rights deriving from periods of social security insurance should be protected, RESOLVED to ensure an orderly withdrawal through various separation provisions aiming to prevent disruption and to provide legal certainty to citizens and economic operators as well as to judicial and administrative authorities in the Union and in the United Kingdom, while not excluding the possibility of relevant separation provisions being superseded by the agreement(s) on the future relationship, CONSIDERING that it is in the interest of both the Union and the United Kingdom to determine a transition or implementation period during which – notwithstanding all consequences of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union as regards the United Kingdom's participation in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, in particular the end, on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, of the mandates of all members of institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union nominated, appointed or elected in relation to the United Kingdom's membership of the Union – Union law, including international agreements, should be applicable to and in the United Kingdom, and, as a general rule, with the same effect as regards the Member States, in order to avoid disruption in the period during which the agreement(s) on the future relationship will be negotiated, RECOGNISING that, even if Union law will be applicable to and in the United Kingdom during the transition period, the specificities of the United Kingdom as a State having withdrawn from the Union mean that it will be important for the United Kingdom to be able to take steps to prepare and establish new international arrangements of its own, including in areas of Union exclusive competence, provided such agreements do not enter into force or apply during that period, unless so authorised by the Union, RECALLING that the Union and the United Kingdom have agreed to honour the mutual commitments undertaken while the United Kingdom was a member of the Union through a single financial settlement, CONSIDERING that in order to guarantee the correct interpretation and application of this Agreement and compliance with the obligations under this Agreement, it is essential to establish provisions ensuring overall governance, in particular binding dispute-settlement and enforcement rules that fully respect the autonomy of the respective legal orders of the Union and of the United Kingdom as well as the United Kingdom's status as a third country, ACKNOWLEDGING that, for an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, it is also necessary to establish, in separate protocols to this Agreement, durable arrangements addressing the very specific situations relating to Ireland/Northern Ireland and to the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, ACKNOWLEDGING further that, for an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, it is also necessary to establish, in a separate protocol to this Agreement, the specific arrangements in respect of Gibraltar applicable in particular during the area transition period, UNDERLINING that this Agreement is founded on an overall balance of freedombenefits, security rights and justice obligations for the Union and the Protocol on United Kingdom, NOTING that in parallel with this Agreement, the Schengen acquis integrated into Parties have made a Political Declaration setting out the framework of for the European Union, annexed to future relationship between the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning United Kingdom of the European UnionGreat Britain and Northern Ireland, and confirming CONSIDERING that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to there is a need for both the United Kingdom and Irelandthe Union to take all necessary steps to begin as soon as possible from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the formal negotiations of one or several agreements governing their future relationship with a view to ensuring that, to the extent possible, those agreements apply from the end of the transition period, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:: PART ONE COMMON PROVISIONS
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Samples: Withdrawal Agreement
LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the United Arab Emirates on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 DGD 1 RD/DOS/hc AGREEMENT BETWEEN European Atomic Energy XT 21107/18 THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER THE EUROPEAN UNIONKINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, hereinafter referred CONSIDERING that on 29 March 2017 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("United Kingdom"), following the outcome of a referendum held in the United Kingdom and its sovereign decision to as leave the European Union, notified its intention to withdraw from the European Union ("Union") and the Union" or European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom") in accordance with Article 50 of the EUTreaty on European Union ("TEU"), which applies to Euratom by virtue of Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom Treaty"), WISHING to set out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, taking account of the framework for their future relationship, European Council NOTING the guidelines of 29 April and 15 December 2017 and of 23 March 2018 provided by the in the light of which the Union is to conclude the Agreement setting out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, RECALLING that, pursuant to Article 50 TEU, in conjunction with Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty, and THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESsubject to the arrangements laid down in this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as "the UAE", hereinafter referred to jointly as the "Contracting Parties", WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens; HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 law of the European Parliament Union and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be Euratom in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the UAE, its entirety ceases to apply to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States; BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply United Kingdom from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with this Agreement, STRESSING that the Union; DESIRING to safeguard the principle objective of equal treatment of all EU citizens; 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the UAE on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access is to employment continue to apply; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position ensure an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, RECOGNISING that it is necessary to provide reciprocal protection for Union citizens and for United Kingdom nationals, as well as their respective family members, where they have exercised free movement rights before a date set in this Agreement, and to ensure that their rights under this Agreement are enforceable and based on the principle of non-discrimination; recognising also that rights deriving from periods of social security insurance should be protected, RESOLVED to ensure an orderly withdrawal through various separation provisions aiming to prevent disruption and to provide legal certainty to citizens and economic operators as well as to judicial and administrative authorities in the Union and in the United Kingdom, while not excluding the possibility of relevant separation provisions being superseded by the agreement(s) on the future relationship, CONSIDERING that it is in the interest of both the Union and the United Kingdom to determine a transition or implementation period during which – notwithstanding all consequences of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union as regards the United Kingdom's participation in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, in particular the end, on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, of the mandates of all members of institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union nominated, appointed or elected in relation to the United Kingdom's membership of the Union – Union law, including international agreements, should be applicable to and in the United Kingdom, and, as a general rule, with the same effect as regards the Member States, in order to avoid disruption in the period during which the agreement(s) on the future relationship will be negotiated, RECOGNISING that, even if Union law will be applicable to and in the United Kingdom during the transition period, the specificities of the United Kingdom as a State having withdrawn from the Union mean that it will be important for the United Kingdom to be able to take steps to prepare and establish new international arrangements of its own, including in areas of Union exclusive competence, provided such agreements do not enter into force or apply during that period, unless so authorised by the Union, RECALLING that the Union and the United Kingdom have agreed to honour the mutual commitments undertaken while the United Kingdom was a member of the Union through a single financial settlement, CONSIDERING that in order to guarantee the correct interpretation and application of this Agreement and compliance with the obligations under this Agreement, it is essential to establish provisions ensuring overall governance, in particular binding dispute-settlement and enforcement rules that fully respect the autonomy of the respective legal orders of the Union and of the United Kingdom as well as the United Kingdom's status as a third country, ACKNOWLEDGING that, for an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, it is also necessary to establish, in separate protocols to this Agreement, durable arrangements addressing the very specific situations relating to Ireland/Northern Ireland and to the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, ACKNOWLEDGING further that, for an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, it is also necessary to establish, in a separate protocol to this Agreement, the specific arrangements in respect of Gibraltar applicable in particular during the area transition period, UNDERLINING that this Agreement is founded on an overall balance of freedombenefits, security rights and justice obligations for the Union and the Protocol on United Kingdom, NOTING that in parallel with this Agreement, the Schengen acquis integrated into Parties have made a Political Declaration setting out the framework of for the European Union, annexed to future relationship between the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning United Kingdom of the European UnionGreat Britain and Northern Ireland, and confirming CONSIDERING that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to there is a need for both the United Kingdom and Irelandthe Union to take all necessary steps to begin as soon as possible after 29 March 2019 the formal negotiations of one or several agreements governing their future relationship with a view to ensuring that, to the extent possible, those agreements apply from the end of the transition period, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:: PART ONE COMMON PROVISIONS
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Samples: Withdrawal Agreement
LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between the European Union and the United Arab Emirates Republic of Vanuatu on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 DGD 1 RD/DOS/hc kp AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REPUBLIC OF VANUATU ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as "the Union" or "'the EU"', and THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESREPUBLIC OF VANUATU, hereinafter referred to as "the UAEVanuatu", hereinafter referred to jointly as the "Contracting Parties", WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens; , HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the UAEVanuatu, to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States; , BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the Union; , DESIRING to safeguard the principle of equal treatment of all EU citizens; 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the UAE Vanuatu on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access to employment continue to apply; , 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice and the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and confirming that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to the United Kingdom and Ireland, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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Samples: Agreement Between the European Union and the Republic of Vanuatu on the Short Stay Visa Waiver
LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between the European Union Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates European Atomic Energy Community for Cooperation on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 DGD 1 RDSafe and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy 5204/21 GSC.GIP.TFUK JU/DOS/hc neg AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER GOVERNMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNIONATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM), hereinafter referred to as "the Union" or Community", of the EU"one part, and THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESKINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, hereinafter referred to as "the UAEUnited Kingdom", of the other part, hereinafter jointly referred to jointly as the "Contracting Parties" and individually as a "Party", WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations CONSIDERING that on 24 January 2020 the United Kingdom, the European Union (the "Union") and the Community entered into the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (the "Withdrawal Agreement") and that the United Kingdom withdrew from the Union on this basis at 23:00 GMT and 00:00 CET on 31 January 2020, CONSIDERING that Title IX of the Withdrawal Agreement provides for Euratom-related separation issues, NOTING that the Union and the United Kingdom have agreed the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the Contracting Parties Union and desiring to facilitate travel the United Kingdom following the United Kingdom's withdrawal, RECOGNISING the level of integration between the Community and the United Kingdom in the nuclear field, RECOGNISING that the United Kingdom, the Community and its Member States have attained a comparable advanced level in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy afforded by ensuring visa-free entry their respective laws and short stay for their citizens; HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 regulations concerning nuclear safeguards and nuclear security, public health, nuclear safety, radiation protection, management of radioactive waste and spent fuel, and protection of the European Parliament environment, NOTING the United Kingdom's commitment to developing and deploying nuclear energy as part of its diversified and low-carbon energy mix, DESIRING to make long-term cooperative arrangements in the field of peaceful and non-explosive uses of nuclear energy in a predictable and practical manner, which take into account the needs of their respective nuclear energy programmes and which facilitate trade, research and development and other cooperative activities between the United Kingdom and the Community, RECOGNISING that the United Kingdom and the Community benefit from cooperation between them in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, REAFFIRMING the commitment of the Council Parties to ensuring that the international development and use of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation nuclear energy for peaceful purposes shall further the objective of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, REAFFIRMING the support of the United Kingdom, the Community and its Member States for the objectives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (ECthe "IAEA") No 539/2001 listing and the third countries whose nationals must be in possession IAEA's safeguards system, and their desire to work together to ensure its continued effectiveness, OBSERVING that the United Kingdom and all Member States of visas when crossing the external borders Community are parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 byMoscow on 1 July 1968 and which entered into force generally on 5 March 1970, inter alia(the "NPT"), transferring 19 third countriesREAFFIRMING the support of the Parties for the objectives of the NPT and their desire to promote universal adherence to the NPT, RECALLING the strong commitment of the United Kingdom, the Community and its Member States to nuclear non-proliferation, including the UAE, to strengthening and efficient application of the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays related safeguards and export control regimes under which cooperation in the Member States; BEARING IN MIND peaceful uses of nuclear energy between the United Kingdom and the Community is carried out, RECOGNISING that Article 1 the United Kingdom, as a nuclear-weapon State under the NPT, has voluntarily entered into the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Regulation Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (EUIAEA INFCIRC/951) No 509/2014 states and the Protocol Additional to that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry Agreement (IAEA INFCIRC/951/Add.1) both done at Vienna on 7 June 2018 and which entered into force of an agreement at 23:00 GMT on visa exemption 31 December 2020 (hereinafter collectively referred to be concluded with as the Union; DESIRING to safeguard the principle of equal treatment of "United Kingdom-IAEA Safeguards Agreement"), NOTING that nuclear safeguards are applied in all EU citizens; 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law Member States of the Community pursuant to both the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (the "Euratom Treaty") and the safeguards agreements concluded between the Community, its Member States and the national law IAEA, RECALLING the strong commitment of the UAE United Kingdom, the Community and its Member States to the secure use of nuclear material as parties to the Convention on the visa obligation or exemption Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, done at Vienna and at New York on 3 March 1980 and which entered into force generally on 8 February 1987, and to the amendment to that Convention done at Vienna on 8 July 2005 and which entered into force generally on 8 May 2016 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Amended CPPNM"), NOTING that the United Kingdom and all Member States of the Community participate in the Nuclear Suppliers Group, NOTING that account should be taken of the commitments made by the United Kingdom and each Member State of the Community in the framework of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, RECOGNISING that this Agreement is without prejudice to the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Collaboration in the Development and Exploitation of the Gas Centrifuge Process for producing Enriched Uranium, done at Almelo on 4 March 1970, and the Agreement between the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic regarding Collaboration in Centrifuge Technology, done at Cardiff on 12 July 2005, REAFFIRMING the support of the United Kingdom, the Community and its Member States for the international conventions on nuclear safety, radioactive waste and spent fuel management, early notification of a nuclear accident and assistance in case of emergencies, REAFFIRMING the commitment of the Parties to the safe use of nuclear material and facilities and the protection of people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionising radiation; the importance to the international community of ensuring that the use of nuclear energy is safe, well-regulated and environmentally sound; and the importance of bilateral and multilateral cooperation for effective nuclear safety arrangements, and for enhancing such arrangements, RECOGNISING the principle of continuous improvement of nuclear safety and both Parties' leadership in this field, including the promotion of high standards worldwide, and recognising the importance to each Party of maintaining a high level of nuclear safety, CONSIDERING the importance of scientific and technological nuclear fission and fusion research, for both energy and non-energy applications, for the Parties, and their mutual interest in cooperating in this matter, REAFFIRMING that by signing the Agreement on the access Establishment of the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization for the Joint Implementation of the ITER Project1, the Community has undertaken to participate in the construction of the ITER Project ("ITER") and its future exploitation; the Community contribution is managed through the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ("Fusion for Energy"), established by Council Decision 2007/198/Euratom2, CONSIDERING that specific terms and conditions regarding the United Kingdom's participation in the ITER project or in other activities through Fusion for Energy and the United Kingdom's participation as an associated country in the Community research and training programme, including the financial contribution, are determined separately, RECOGNISING the fundamental principle of free movement of goods, products and capital as well as the freedom of employment continue to apply; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT for specialists within the Protocol on internal nuclear common market of the position Community, RECOGNISING that this Agreement should be in compliance with the international obligations of the Union and the United Kingdom under the World Trade Organization agreements, REITERATING commitments of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect the Member States of the area Community to their bilateral agreements in the peaceful uses of freedom, security and justice and the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and confirming that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to the United Kingdom and Irelandnuclear energy, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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Samples: Agreement for Cooperation on the Safe and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between the European Union and the United Arab Emirates Republic of Peru on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 12097/15 DGD 1 RD/DOS/hc ra AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REPUBLIC OF PERU ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as "the Union" or "the EU", and THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESREPUBLIC OF PERU, hereinafter referred to as "the UAEPeru", hereinafter referred to jointly as the "Contracting Parties", WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens; , HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the UAEPeru, to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States; , BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the Union; , DESIRING to safeguard the principle of equal treatment of all EU citizens; , 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the UAE Peru on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access to employment continue to apply; , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice and the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and confirming that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to the United Kingdom and Ireland, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between the European Union and the United Arab Emirates Republic of Kiribati on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 12091/15 DGD 1 RD/DOS/hc vm AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as "“the Union" ” or "“the EU"”, and THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESREPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI, hereinafter referred to as "the UAE"“Kiribati”, hereinafter referred to jointly as the "“Contracting Parties"”, WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens; , HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the UAEKiribati, to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States; , BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the Union; , DESIRING to safeguard the principle of equal treatment of all EU citizens; , 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the UAE Kiribati on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access to employment continue to apply; , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice and the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and confirming that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to the United Kingdom and Ireland, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the United Arab Emirates on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 DGD 1 RDEuropean Atomic Energy Communiy XT 21054/19 GSC.TFUK JU/DOS/hc AGREEMENT BETWEEN fh THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER THE EUROPEAN UNIONKINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, hereinafter referred CONSIDERING that on 29 March 2017 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("United Kingdom"), following the outcome of a referendum held in the United Kingdom and its sovereign decision to as leave the European Union, notified its intention to withdraw from the European Union ("Union") and the Union" or European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom") in accordance with Article 50 of the EUTreaty on European Union ("TEU"), which applies to Euratom by virtue of Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom Treaty"), WISHING to set out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, taking account of the framework for their future relationship, NOTING the guidelines of 29 April and 15 December 2017 and of 23 March 2018 provided by the European Council in the light of which the Union is to conclude the Agreement setting out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, RECALLING that, pursuant to Article 50 TEU, in conjunction with Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty, and THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESsubject to the arrangements laid down in this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as "the UAE", hereinafter referred to jointly as the "Contracting Parties", WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens; HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 law of the European Parliament Union and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be Euratom in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the UAE, its entirety ceases to apply to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States; BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply United Kingdom from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with this Agreement, STRESSING that the Union; DESIRING to safeguard the principle objective of equal treatment of all EU citizens; 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the UAE on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access is to employment continue to apply; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position ensure an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, RECOGNISING that it is necessary to provide reciprocal protection for Union citizens and for United Kingdom nationals, as well as their respective family members, where they have exercised free movement rights before a date set in this Agreement, and to ensure that their rights under this Agreement are enforceable and based on the principle of non-discrimination; recognising also that rights deriving from periods of social security insurance should be protected, RESOLVED to ensure an orderly withdrawal through various separation provisions aiming to prevent disruption and to provide legal certainty to citizens and economic operators as well as to judicial and administrative authorities in the Union and in the United Kingdom, while not excluding the possibility of relevant separation provisions being superseded by the agreement(s) on the future relationship, CONSIDERING that it is in the interest of both the Union and the United Kingdom to determine a transition or implementation period during which – notwithstanding all consequences of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union as regards the United Kingdom's participation in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, in particular the end, on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, of the mandates of all members of institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union nominated, appointed or elected in relation to the United Kingdom's membership of the Union – Union law, including international agreements, should be applicable to and in the United Kingdom, and, as a general rule, with the same effect as regards the Member States, in order to avoid disruption in the period during which the agreement(s) on the future relationship will be negotiated, RECOGNISING that, even if Union law will be applicable to and in the United Kingdom during the transition period, the specificities of the United Kingdom as a State having withdrawn from the Union mean that it will be important for the United Kingdom to be able to take steps to prepare and establish new international arrangements of its own, including in areas of Union exclusive competence, provided such agreements do not enter into force or apply during that period, unless so authorised by the Union, RECALLING that the Union and the United Kingdom have agreed to honour the mutual commitments undertaken while the United Kingdom was a member of the Union through a single financial settlement, CONSIDERING that in order to guarantee the correct interpretation and application of this Agreement and compliance with the obligations under this Agreement, it is essential to establish provisions ensuring overall governance, in particular binding dispute-settlement and enforcement rules that fully respect the autonomy of the respective legal orders of the Union and of the United Kingdom as well as the United Kingdom's status as a third country, ACKNOWLEDGING that, for an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, it is also necessary to establish, in separate protocols to this Agreement, durable arrangements addressing the very specific situations relating to Ireland/Northern Ireland and to the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, ACKNOWLEDGING further that, for an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, it is also necessary to establish, in a separate protocol to this Agreement, the specific arrangements in respect of Gibraltar applicable in particular during the area transition period, UNDERLINING that this Agreement is founded on an overall balance of freedombenefits, security rights and justice obligations for the Union and the Protocol on United Kingdom, NOTING that in parallel with this Agreement, the Schengen acquis integrated into Parties have made a Political Declaration setting out the framework of for the European Union, annexed to future relationship between the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning United Kingdom of the European UnionGreat Britain and Northern Ireland, and confirming CONSIDERING that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to there is a need for both the United Kingdom and Irelandthe Union to take all necessary steps to begin as soon as possible from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the formal negotiations of one or several agreements governing their future relationship with a view to ensuring that, to the extent possible, those agreements apply from the end of the transition period, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:: PART ONE COMMON PROVISIONS
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Samples: Withdrawal Agreement
LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Subject: Agreement between on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the United Arab Emirates on the short-stay visa waiver 7103/15 DGD 1 RDEuropean Atomic Energy Community XT 21107/18 GSC.TFUK JU/DOS/hc AGREEMENT BETWEEN sr THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER THE EUROPEAN UNIONKINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, hereinafter referred CONSIDERING that on 29 March 2017 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("United Kingdom"), following the outcome of a referendum held in the United Kingdom and its sovereign decision to as leave the European Union, notified its intention to withdraw from the European Union ("Union") and the Union" or European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom") in accordance with Article 50 of the EUTreaty on European Union ("TEU"), which applies to Euratom by virtue of Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom Treaty"), WISHING to set out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, taking account of the framework for their future relationship, NOTING the guidelines of 29 April and 15 December 2017 and of 23 March 2018 provided by the European Council in the light of which the Union is to conclude the Agreement setting out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, RECALLING that, pursuant to Article 50 TEU, in conjunction with Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty, and THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESsubject to the arrangements laid down in this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as "the UAE", hereinafter referred to jointly as the "Contracting Parties", WITH A VIEW TO further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens; HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 law of the European Parliament Union and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be Euratom in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement1 by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the UAE, its entirety ceases to apply to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States; BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply United Kingdom from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with this Agreement, STRESSING that the Union; DESIRING to safeguard the principle objective of equal treatment of all EU citizens; 1 OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the UAE on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access is to employment continue to apply; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position ensure an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, RECOGNISING that it is necessary to provide reciprocal protection for Union citizens and for United Kingdom nationals, as well as their respective family members, where they have exercised free movement rights before a date set in this Agreement, and to ensure that their rights under this Agreement are enforceable and based on the principle of non-discrimination; recognising also that rights deriving from periods of social security insurance should be protected, RESOLVED to ensure an orderly withdrawal through various separation provisions aiming to prevent disruption and to provide legal certainty to citizens and economic operators as well as to judicial and administrative authorities in the Union and in the United Kingdom, while not excluding the possibility of relevant separation provisions being superseded by the agreement(s) on the future relationship, CONSIDERING that it is in the interest of both the Union and the United Kingdom to determine a transition or implementation period during which – notwithstanding all consequences of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union as regards the United Kingdom's participation in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, in particular the end, on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, of the mandates of all members of institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union nominated, appointed or elected in relation to the United Kingdom's membership of the Union – Union law, including international agreements, should be applicable to and in the United Kingdom, and, as a general rule, with the same effect as regards the Member States, in order to avoid disruption in the period during which the agreement(s) on the future relationship will be negotiated, RECOGNISING that, even if Union law will be applicable to and in the United Kingdom during the transition period, the specificities of the United Kingdom as a State having withdrawn from the Union mean that it will be important for the United Kingdom to be able to take steps to prepare and establish new international arrangements of its own, including in areas of Union exclusive competence, provided such agreements do not enter into force or apply during that period, unless so authorised by the Union, RECALLING that the Union and the United Kingdom have agreed to honour the mutual commitments undertaken while the United Kingdom was a member of the Union through a single financial settlement, CONSIDERING that in order to guarantee the correct interpretation and application of this Agreement and compliance with the obligations under this Agreement, it is essential to establish provisions ensuring overall governance, in particular binding dispute-settlement and enforcement rules that fully respect the autonomy of the respective legal orders of the Union and of the United Kingdom as well as the United Kingdom's status as a third country, ACKNOWLEDGING that, for an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, it is also necessary to establish, in separate protocols to this Agreement, durable arrangements addressing the very specific situations relating to Ireland/Northern Ireland and to the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, ACKNOWLEDGING further that, for an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, it is also necessary to establish, in a separate protocol to this Agreement, the specific arrangements in respect of Gibraltar applicable in particular during the area transition period, UNDERLINING that this Agreement is founded on an overall balance of freedombenefits, security rights and justice obligations for the Union and the Protocol on United Kingdom, NOTING that in parallel with this Agreement, the Schengen acquis integrated into Parties have made a Political Declaration setting out the framework of for the European Union, annexed to future relationship between the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning United Kingdom of the European UnionGreat Britain and Northern Ireland, and confirming CONSIDERING that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to there is a need for both the United Kingdom and Irelandthe Union to take all necessary steps to begin as soon as possible after 29 March 2019 the formal negotiations of one or several agreements governing their future relationship with a view to ensuring that, to the extent possible, those agreements apply from the end of the transition period, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:: PART ONE COMMON PROVISIONS
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Samples: Withdrawal Agreement