Considerations on COM(2010)720 - Proposition de DÉCISION DU CONSEIL sur une position de l'Union au conseil de stabilisation et d’association UE ancienne République yougoslave de Macédoine en ce qui concerne la participation de l'ancienne République yougoslave de Macédoine en tant qu’observateur aux travaux de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne, ainsi que les modalités respectives en matière de participation aux initiatives prises par l’Agence, de contributions financières et de personnel, dans le cadre établi par les articles 4 et 5 du règlement (CE) n° 168/2007 du Conseil

Please note

This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.

 
 
table>(1)The Luxembourg European Council of December 1997 made participation in Union agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy. The conclusions of that European Council state that the Union ‘agencies in which applicant countries will be able to participate will be determined on a case-by-case basis’.
(2)Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 (1) provides that the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (the ‘Agency’) is to be open to the participation of candidate countries within the framework set out in Articles 4 and 5 thereof.

(3)The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shares the aims and objectives of the Agency and subscribes to the scope and description of the tasks of the Agency, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 168/2007.

(4)The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's ultimate objective is to become a member of the Union, and its participation in the Agency will help it achieve this objective,