24.6.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L181/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL AND COMMISSION COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION of 28 May 1998 on the conclusion of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part(}) (98/401/EC, ECSC, Euratom) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 54(2), the last sentence of Article 57(2), and Articles 66, 73c(2), 75, 84(2), 99, 100, 113 and 235, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 228(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 228(3) thereof, (') This Partnership and Cooperation Agreement was signed with the Republic of Moldova on 28 November 1994 by the European Communities and the twelve Member States at the time. Following enlargement, an Additional Protocol was signed with the Republic of Moldova on 15 May 1997 so as to enable Austria, Finland and Sweden to become members of the Agreement alongside the other twelve Member States and to make the Swedish and Finnish language versions of the Agreement official. After completion of the necessary procedures, the Communities and their Member States also decided — on the conclusion of this Partnership Agreement — to apply the aforementioned Additional Protocol provisionally pending its entry into force, in accordance with Article 4 thereof. Accordingly, the text of the Partnership Agreement contained in the Finnish and Swedish editions of the Official Journal is the one which is made official by the Additional Protocol. The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement concluded with the Republic of Moldova will enter into force on 1 July 1998, the notifications regarding the completion of the procedures laid down in Article 105, second paragraph, of the Agreement having been completed by the parties on 29 May 1998. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof, Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (3), Having consulted the ECSC Consultative Committee and with the assent of the Council, Having regard to the approval of the Council given in accordance with Article 101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Whereas conclusion of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other, signed on 28 June 1994 in Brussels, will contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the European Communities; Whereas the purpose of that Agreement is to strengthen the links established in particular by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade and commercial and (#) OJ C 339, 18.12.1995, p. 48.