I.
TEXT OF THE FINAL ACT
The Plenipotentiaries of:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,
THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,
THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
Assembled at Athens on the sixteenth day of April in the year two thousand and three on the occasion of
the signature of the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the
Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of
Austria, the Portuguese 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 Czech
Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of
Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Slovenia, the Slovak Republic concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia,
the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the
European Union,
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Have placed on record the fact that the following texts have been drawn up and adopted within the
Conference between the Member States of the European Union and the Czech Republic, the Republic of
Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of
Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic
concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the
Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic
of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union.
I. the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of
Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian
Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of
Austria, the Portuguese 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
Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the
Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the
Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the
Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the
Slovak Republic to the European Union;
II. the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the
Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the
adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded;
III. the texts listed below which are annexed to the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the
Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic
of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is
founded:
A. Annex I:
List of provisions of the Schengen acquis as integrated into the framework of the
European Union and the acts building upon it or otherwise related to it, to be
binding on and applicable in the new Member States as from accession (referred to
in Article 3 of the Act of Accession)
Annex II:
List referred to in Article 20 of the Act of Accession
Annex III:
List referred to in Article 21 of the Act of Accession
Annex IV:
List referred to in Article 22 of the Act of Accession; Appendix
Annex V:
List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Czech Republic; Appendices
A and B
Annex VI:
List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Estonia
Annex VII:
List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Cyprus; Appendix
Annex VIII:
List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Latvia; Appendices A and B
Annex IX:
List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Lithuania; Appendices A
and B
Annex X:
List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Hungary; Appendices A and B
Annex XI:
List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Malta; Appendices A, B and C
Annex XII:
List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Poland; Appendices A, B
and C
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