The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Uzbekistan) Order 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Order declares the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Uzbekistan, signed on 21 June 1996, to be a Community Treaty as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. The Agreement establishes a Partnership with the objectives of supporting the independence and sovereignty of the Republic of Uzbekistan, supporting the Republic’s efforts to consolidate its democracy, to develop its economy and to complete the transition into a market economy, providing an appropriate framework for political dialogue, promoting trade, investment and harmonious economic relations, providing a basis for legislative, economic, social, financial, civil scientific, technological and cultural co-operation, and assisting in the construction of a civil society in Uzbekistan based upon the rule of law. The principal effect of declaring this Agreement to be a Community Treaty as so defined is to bring into play, in relation to it, the provisions of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 which provides for the implementation of treaties so specified.