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QUADRIPARTITE PROTOCOL

ON THE PURPORT OF THE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA NETWORK COOPERATION CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION , THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN AND THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND

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 ;

WHEREAS , ON 18 DECEMBER 1981 , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN CONCLUDED A COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON THE INTERCONNECTION OF THE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR DATA TRANSMISSION ( EURONET ) AND THE SWEDISH DATA NETWORK FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL PURPOSES ;

WHEREAS THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND HAVE TODAY CONCLUDED AN AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ON THE INTERCONNECTION OF EURONET AND THE FINNISH NATIONAL DATA NETWORK ;

WHEREAS THE SWISS CONFEDERATION HAS PURSUANT TO POINT 10 OF THE AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1979 GIVEN ITS CONSENT TO THE INTERCONNECTION OF EURONET AND THE FINNISH NATIONAL DATA NETWORK ;

WHEREAS THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN HAS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VII OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT OF 18 DECEMBER 1981 GIVEN ITS CONSENT TO THE INTERCONNECTION OF EURONET AND THE FINNISH NATIONAL DATA NETWORK ,

THE SIGNATORIES TO THIS PROTOCOL HAVE COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS WITH FINLAND SHALL APPLY TO EURONET AS EXTENDED TO SWITZERLAND , AND TO THE FINNISH NATIONAL DATA NETWORK AND FURTHERMORE THAT THE PROVISIONS AGREED UPON IN THIS EXCHANGE OF LETTERS SHALL ALSO GOVERN , ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS , THE RELATIONS VIA EURONET BETWEEN THE SWEDISH DATA NETWORK AND THE FINNISH NATIONAL DATA NETWORK .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , ...

FOR THE FEDERAL SWISS COUNCIL ,

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN ,

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND ,

FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,