Considerations on COM(2000)879 - Conclusion of the agreement with Cyprus concerning Cyprus’s participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network

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dossier COM(2000)879 - Conclusion of the agreement with Cyprus concerning Cyprus’s participation in the European Environment Agency and the ...
document COM(2000)879 EN
date June 18, 2001
 
(1) The European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network were established by Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 i.

(2) The Luxembourg European Council (December 1997) made participation in the Community programmes and agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy for the central and east European countries. In the case of the agencies, the European Council's conclusions provide that 'the Community agencies in which applicant countries will be able to participate will be determined on a case-by-case basis'.

(3) The Helsinki European Council (December 1999) reaffirmed the inclusive nature of the accession process, which now comprises 13 candidate countries within a single framework with the candidate countries participating in the accession process on an equal footing.

(4) The Council, pursuant to Article 300 i of the Treaty, on 14 February 2000 authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations on the participation in the European Environment Agency of the countries applying for accession,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:


Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cyprus concerning the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network is approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is set out as an Annex to this Decision.


Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the notification provided for in Article 17 of the Agreement.


Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.


Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 2001.


For the Council

The President

M. Winberg


(1) Opinion delivered 31.5.2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 120, 11.5.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 933/1999 (OJ L 117, 5.5.1999, p. 1).