Main provisions of the protocol:
- The Intergovernmental Council on Oil and Gas will be abolished;
- The Agreement on the Establishment of the Council dated March 2, 1993, is null and void;
- Cooperation in the field of oil and gas will now be considered within the framework of the Council on Industrial Policy of the CIS countries.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic is tasked with notifying the Executive Committee of the CIS about the completion of the necessary domestic procedures so that the protocol can come into force.
The protocol will take effect one week after its official publication.
Text of the Protocol
PROTOCOL
on the Abolishment of the Intergovernmental Council on Oil and Gas
Yalta, September 28, 2012
The governments of the countries that signed the Agreement on the Establishment of the Intergovernmental Council on Oil and Gas dated March 2, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the Parties) agree as follows:
Article 1.
Abolish the Intergovernmental Council on Oil and Gas.
Article 2.
Recognize that the Agreement on the Establishment of the Council dated March 2, 1993, has lost its validity.
Article 3.
Issues of cooperation in the field of oil and gas shall be considered within the framework of the Council on Industrial Policy of the CIS countries.
Article 4.
This Protocol shall enter into force 30 days after the depositary receives the last notification from the signing Parties regarding the completion of the necessary domestic procedures.
Done in Yalta on September 28, 2012, in one original copy in the Russian language. The original is kept in the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which will send certified copies to all states that signed the document.
For the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan
For the Government of the Russian Federation
Signature
Signature
(with reservation)
For the Government of the Republic of Armenia
For the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Signature
Signature
For the Government of the Republic of Belarus
For the Government of Turkmenistan
Signature
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For the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
For the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Signature
Signature
For the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
For the Government of Ukraine
Signature
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For the Government of the Republic of Moldova
Signature
RESERVATION
The Republic of Azerbaijan relates to the Protocol on the Abolishment of the Intergovernmental Council on Oil and Gas dated September 28, 2012, with the exception of Article 3.
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Y. Eyubov
I hereby certify that this text is a true copy of the Protocol on the Abolishment of the Intergovernmental Council on Oil and Gas, adopted at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States on September 28, 2012, in Yalta. The original is kept in the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee - Executive Secretary of the CIS
V. Harkun
