Provisions On The Annexes To The Act Of Accession Of 16 April 2003

Article 73

Annex I and Annexes III to XVII to the Act of Accession of 16 April 2003, their appendices, and the Annexes to Protocols 2, 3 and 8 to the Act of Accession of 16 April 2003 ( 1 ) form an integral part of this Protocol.

Article 74

1. The references made to the ‘Treaty of Accession’ in the Annexes referred to in Article 73 of this Protocol shall be construed as being made to the Treaty referred to in Article IV‑437(2)(e) of the Constitution, those made to the date or time of signing of that Treaty shall be construed as being made to 16 April 2003 and those made to the date of accession shall be construed as being made to 1 May 2004.

2. Without prejudice to the second subparagraph, the references made to ‘this Act’ in the Annexes referred to in Article 73 of this Protocol shall be construed as being made to the Act of Accession of 16 April 2003.

The references made to the provisions of the Act of Accession of 16 April 2003 in the Annexes referred to in Article 73 of this Protocol shall be construed as being made to this Protocol, in accordance with the following table of equivalence. Act of Accession of 16 April 2003 Protocol

Article 21 Article 12 Article 22 Article 13 Article 24 Article 15 Article 32 Article 21 Article 37 Article 26 Article 52 Article 32

3. The expressions, which appear in the Annexes referred to in Article 73, shall be construed as having the meaning assigned to them in the following table of equivalence, unless they refer exclusively to legal situations preceding the entry into force of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. ( 1 ) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.954393_TRAITE_EN_301_350 12-01-2005 15:57 Pagina 343 Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe 343 Expressions used in the Annexes Meaning Treaty establishing the European Community Constitution Treaty on European Union Constitution Treaties on which the European Union is founded Constitution (European) Community Union Enlarged Community Union Community Union EU Union Enlarged Union or enlarged EU Union By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the meaning of the expression ‘Community’ where it is used to qualify the terms ‘preference’ and ‘fisheries’ shall remain unchanged.
4. The references made to parts or to provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community in the Annexes referred to in Article 73 of this Protocol shall be construed as being made to parts or to provisions of the Constitution, in accordance with the following table of equivalence. EC Treaty Part Three, Title I Constitution Part III, Title III, Chapter I, Section 3 Part Three, Title I, Chapter 1 Part III, Title III, Chapter I, Section 3 Subsection 1 Part Three, Title II Part III, Title III, Chapter III, Section 4 Part Three, Title III Part III, Title III, Chapter I, Sections 2 and 4 Part Three, Title VI, Chapter 1 Part III, Title III, Chapter I, Section 5 Article 31 Article 3‑155 Article 39 Article 3‑133 Article 49 Article 3‑144 Article 58 Article 3‑158 Article 87 Article 3‑167 Article 88 Article 3‑168 Article 226 Article 3‑360 Annex I Annex I
5. Where the Annexes referred to in Article 73 of this Protocol provide that the Council or the Commission shall adopt legal acts, those acts shall take the form of European regulations or decisions.