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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The present bilateral cooperation between Russia and the European Union rests on an extended Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of June 24, 1994, concluded between the European Communities and their member states, on the one part, and the Russian Federation, on the other part. This Agreement is usually described as bilateral - between Russia and the EU. But strictly speaking, the Agreement is multilateral as one party that signed it was Russia and the other included the then 15 member states of the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Community, plus these three organizations per se - that is, 18 international legal entities. Considering the changes in the EU that have taken place since then, the 'Community' as the other party to the Agreement is now represented by 29 international legal entities. According to Article 104 of the Agreement, "the term 'Parties' shall mean the Community, or its Member States, or the Community and its Member States."
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