(2)The Agreements and Protocols are to come into force at the same time. They have been provisionally applied since 1 May 2004 by means of Agreements in the form of an Exchange of letters between the Community and each of the EEA EFTA States and approved on behalf of the Community by Council Decision 2004/368/EC of 30 March 2004 concerning the provisional application of the Agreement on the participation of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area and the provisional application of four related agreementsnote.