OBJECTIVE: Corrigendum to the Council Decision
2012/308/CFSP of 26 April 2012 on the accession of the European
Union to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia
(Decision published initially in the Official Journal of the
European Union L 154 of 15 June 2012).
CONTENT: the corrections concern the following
points:
- the 2nd recital should read as follows: “WHEREAS Article 18,
paragraph 3, of the aforesaid Treaty as amended by Article 1 of the
aforesaid Third Protocol provides that States outside Southeast
Asia and regional organisations whose members are only sovereign
States may accede to the Treaty subject to the consent of all the
States in Southeast Asia, namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of
Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s
Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of
Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of
Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of
Viet Nam; and”;
- the 3rd recital is deleted;
- the 4th recital should read as follows: “WHEREAS all the States
in Southeast Asia have consented to the accession of the European
Union to the Treaty,”
Within the operative part,
- for: “The European Union hereby accedes to the
Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia with effect of
the date of deposit of this instrument.”
- read: “the European Union, having considered the
abovementioned Treaty as amended by the Protocols, hereby accedes
to the same and undertakes faithfully to perform and carry out all
the stipulations therein contained.”
Lastly, the
signing formula should be read as follows: “IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, this Instrument of Accession is signed by the High
Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy.”