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TRILATERAL PROTOCOL

ON THE PURPORT OF THE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA NETWORK COOPERATION CONCLUDED BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WITH , ON THE ONE HAND , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

WHEREAS ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1979 THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION CONCLUDED AN AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ON THE EXTENSION OF THE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR DATA TRANSMISSION ( EURONET ) TO SWITZERLAND , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS " ;

WHEREAS THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN HAVE TODAY CONCLUDED A COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON THE INTERCONNECTION OF THE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR DATA TRANSMISSION ( EURONET ) AND THE SWEDISH DATA NETWORK FOR INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL PURPOSES , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT " ;

WHEREAS , BY VIRTUE OF POINT 10 OF THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION HAS GIVEN ITS CONSENT TO THE INTERCONNECTION OF EURONET AND THE SWEDISH DATA NETWORK ,

THE SIGNATORIES TO THIS PROTOCOL HAVE COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT SHALL APPLY TO EURONET AS EXTENDED TO SWITZERLAND AND TO THE SWEDISH DATA NETWORK .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , ON ...

FOR THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES