Considerations on COM(2014)298 - Renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology with Ukraine

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dossier COM(2014)298 - Renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology with Ukraine.
document COM(2014)298 EN
date February 17, 2015
 
table>(1)By its Decision 2003/96/EC (1), the Council approved the conclusion of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine (2) (‘the Agreement’).
(2)Point (b) of Article 12 of the Agreement provided that the Agreement would be concluded for an initial period ending on 31 December 2002 and would be renewable by common agreement between the Parties for additional periods of five years.

(3)Based on the Council Decision 2011/182/EU (3) the Agreement was renewed for a further period of five years with a retroactive effect as of 8 November 2009 and is due to expire on 7 November 2014.

(4)The Parties to the Agreement consider that rapid renewal of the Agreement would be in their mutual interest.

(5)The content of the renewed Agreement should be identical to the content of the Agreement.

(6)The renewal of the Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Union,