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1. The European Community shall accede to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean by means of the declaration of acceptance of the Agreement and the Rules of Procedure of the organisation, in accordance with the instrument contained in Annex I.The European Community shall also deposit a single declaration on the exercise of competence and voting rights agreed between the Council and the Commission.
2. The texts of the Agreement and the Rules of Procedure of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean are contained in Annexes II and III.
Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 1998.
For the Council
The President
M. MEACHER
ANNEX I

Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that the European Community has decided to accede to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. I therefore ask you accept this instrument, by which the European Community accepts the Agreement and Rules of Procedure of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, in accordance with Articles I and XI thereof, and the single declaration by the European Community on the exercise of competence and voting rights, in accordance with the second sentence of Article II(6) of the Agreement.
The European Community formally and without reservation accepts the obligations arising from its membership of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, as set out in the Agreement and Rules of Procedure, and formally undertakes to fulfil the obligations upon it at the time of its accession.
I have the honour to be, Sir, yours faithfully,
President of the Council of the European Union
Mr Diouf
Director-General
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
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