The representatives of the Commission and the representatives of the national authority appointed as observers in the Programme committees shall consult with each other when necessary at the request of one of them on the activities covered by this Agreement. Following these consultations, the Joint Committee established under the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the Free Movement of Persons shall be authorised to amend the Annexes to this Agreement, as a general rule by written procedure, if necessary, to take account of the rules applying to the Programmes or the development of Switzerland’s take-up capacity. Amendments to the Annexes shall enter into force the day after the adoption of the relevant decision by the Joint Committee. However, if the Parties agree to any changes in the provisions of this Agreement, these shall enter into force after completion of the Parties’ respective internal procedures.

Article 5

This Agreement shall be ratified or concluded by the Parties in accordance with their respective internal procedures. It shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date of the last notification by the Parties of the completion of their respective procedures.

Pending completion of the procedures referred to in the first paragraph, the Parties shall provisionally apply this Agreement for the activities financed under the general budget of the European Union of the year following its signature, and at the earliest under the 2011 budget, provided the conditions referred to under point 2 of Annex I are observed.

In the event of one of the Parties notifying the other that it will not ratify or conclude the signed Agreement, provisional application shall end from the budget year following notification. Notification terminating provisional application shall not affect the Parties’ obligations concerning the projects and activities financed under the general budget of the European Union of the year of notification, nor payment by Switzerland of its contribution for the year of notification.

Article 6

This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of those texts being equally authentic.

Съставено в Брюксел на петнайсети февруари две хиляди и десета година.

Hecho en Bruselas, el quince de febrero de dos mil diez.

V Bruselu dne patnáctého února dva tisíce deset.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den femtende februar to tusind og ti.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am fünfzehnten Februar zweitausendzehn.

Kahe tuhande kümnenda aasta veebruarikuu viieteistkümnendal päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα πέντε Φεβρουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες δέκα.

Done at Brussels on the fifteenth day of February in the year two thousand and ten.

Fait à Bruxelles, le quinze février deux mille dix.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì quindici febbraio duemiladieci.

Briselē, divi tūkstoši desmitā gada piecpadsmitajā februārī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai dešimtų metų vasario penkioliktą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-tizedik év február havának tizenötödik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussell, fil-ħmistax-il jum ta’ Frar tas-sena elfejn u għaxra.

Gedaan te Brussel, de vijftiende februari tweeduizend tien.

Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia piętnastego lutego roku dwa tysiące dziesiątego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em quinze de Fevereiro de dois mil e dez.

Întocmit la Bruxelles, la cincisprezece februarie două mii zece.