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Reservation made upon formal confirmation:
"The European Community states that pursuant to Community law (notably Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation), the Member States may, if appropriate, enter their own reservations to Article 27(1) of the Disabilities Convention to the extent that Article 3(4) of the said Council Directive provides them with the right to exclude non-discrimination on the grounds of disability with respect to employment in the armed forces from the scope of the Directive. Therefore, the Community states that it concludes the Convention without prejudice to the above right, conferred on its Member States by virtue of Community law."

Declaration made upon formal confirmation:
"Article 44(1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as the 'Convention') provides that a regional integration organisation in its instrument of formal confirmation or accession is to declare the extent of its competence with respect to matters governed by the Convention.
The current members of the European Community are the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The European Community notes that for the purpose of the Convention, the term "State Parties" applies to regional integration organisations within the limits of their competence.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities shall apply, with regard to the competence of the European Community, to the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty, in particular Article 299 thereof.
Pursuant to Article 299, this Declaration is not applicable to the territories of the Member States in which the said Treaty does not apply and is without prejudice to such act or positions as may be adopted under the Convention by Member States concerned on behalf and in the interests of those territories.
In accordance with Article 44(1) of the Convention, this Declaration indicates the competences transferred to the Community by the Member States under the Treaty establishing the European Community, in the areas covered by the Convention.
The scope and the exercise of Community competence are, by their nature, subject to continuous development and the Community will complete or amend this Declaration, if necessary, in accordance with Article 44(1) of the Convention.
In some matters the European Community has exclusive competence and in other matters competence is shared between the European Community and the Member States. The Member States remain competent for all matters in respect of which no competence has been transferred to the European Community.

Согласно статье 299 настоящее заявление не относится к территориям государств-членов, на которых указанный Договор не применяется, и не затрагивает действий или позиций, которые могут быть избраны в соответствии с Конвенцией данными государствами-членами от имени и в интересах этих территорий.
В соответствии с пунктом 1 статьи 44 Конвенции в настоящем заявлении указывается, в отношении каких вопросов, регулируемых Конвенцией, государства-члены передают компетенцию Сообществу согласно Договору об учреждении Европейского сообщества.
Объем компетенции Сообщества и ее осуществление подвержены естественным постоянным изменениям, и в случае необходимости Сообщество будет дополнять или уточнять настоящее заявление в соответствии с пунктом 1 статьи 44 Конвенции.
В одних вопросах Европейское сообщество обладает исключительной компетенцией, в других компетенция распределяется между Европейским сообществом и государствами-членами. Государства-члены по-прежнему являются компетентными во всех вопросах, в отношении которых компетенция не была передана Европейскому сообществу.
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At present:
1. The Community has exclusive competence as regards the compatibility of state aid with the common market and the common custom tariff.
To the extent that provisions of Community law are affected by the provision of the Convention, the European Community has an exclusive competence to accept such obligations with respect to its own public administration. In this regard, the Community declares that it has power to deal with regulating the recruitment, conditions of service, remuneration, training etc. of non-elected officials under the Staff Regulations and the implementing rules to those Regulations (Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of 29 February 1968 laying down the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1)).
2. The Community shares competence with Member States as regards action to combat discrimination on the ground of disability, free movement of goods, persons, services and capital agriculture, transport by rail, road, sea and air transport, taxation, internal market, equal pay for male and female workers, Trans-European network policy and statistics.
The European Community has exclusive competence to enter into this Convention in respect of those matters only to the extent that provisions of the Convention or legal instruments adopted in implementation thereof affect common rules previously established by the European Community. When Community rules exist but are not affected, in particular in cases of Community provisions establishing only minimum standards, the Member States have competence, without prejudice to the competence of the European Community to act in this field. Otherwise competence rests with the Member States. A list of relevant acts adopted by the European Community appears in the Appendix hereto. The extent of the European Community's competence ensuing from these acts must be assessed by reference to the precise provisions of each measure, and in particular, the extent to which these provisions establish common rules.
3. The following EC policies may also be relevant to the UN Convention: Member States and the Community shall work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment. The Community shall contribute to the development of quality of education by encouraging cooperation between Member States and, if necessary, by supporting and supplementing their action. The Community shall implement a vocational training policy which shall support and supplement the action of the Member States. In order to promote its overall harmonious development, the Community shall develop and pursue its actions leading to the strengthening of its economic and social cohesion. The Community conducts a development cooperation policy and economic, financial and technical cooperation with third countries without prejudice to the respective competences of the Member States."

затрагивают общие правила, ранее установленные Европейским сообществом. Если правила Сообщества существуют, но не затрагиваются, в частности в случаях, когда положения Сообщества устанавливают лишь минимальные стандарты, компетенцией обладают государства-члены без ущерба для компетенции Европейского сообщества в том, что касается действий в данной области. В иных случаях компетенцией обладают государства-члены. Перечень соответствующих актов, принятых Европейским сообществом, приводится в Приложении. Объем компетенции Европейского сообщества, которой оно наделяется в соответствии с этими актами, должен определяться на основе конкретных положений каждой меры, в особенности того, в какой степени эти положения устанавливают общие правила.
3. Следующие стратегии Сообщества также могут учитываться при осуществлении Конвенции ООН. Государства-члены и Сообщество должны заниматься разработкой скоординированной стратегии в области занятости. Сообщество должно способствовать повышению качества образования, поощряя сотрудничество между государствами-членами и в случае необходимости поддерживая и дополняя их действия. Сообщество должно реализовывать стратегию в области профессионального обучения, призванную поддерживать и дополнять действия государств-членов. Сообщество должно разрабатывать и претворять в жизнь меры по укреплению своей экономической и социальной сплоченности, что необходимо для его общего гармоничного развития. Сообщество осуществляет стратегию сотрудничества в целях развития и экономическое, финансовое и техническое сотрудничество с третьими странами без ущерба для соответствующих компетенций государств-членов».
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