Decision 2018/14 - EU position within the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council on the participation of Albania as an observer in the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights' work and the respective modalities thereof, within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007

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Current status

This decision has been published on January  9, 2018 and entered into force on January 29, 2018.

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Key information

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Council Decision (EU) 2018/14 of 18 December 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council on the participation of Albania as an observer in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' work and the respective modalities thereof, within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2018/14
Original proposal COM(2016)118 EN
CELEX number i 32018D0014

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Key dates

Document 18-12-2017; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 09-01-2018; OJ L 4 p. 9-12
Effect 29-01-2018; Entry into force Date pub. +20
End of validity 31-12-9999

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9.1.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 4/9

 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/14

of 18 December 2017

on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council on the participation of Albania as an observer in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' work and the respective modalities thereof, within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 352, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(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 as observers.

 

(3)

Albania shares the aims and objectives of the Agency and subscribes to the scope and descripion of the tasks of the Agency, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 168/2007.

 

(4)

Albania's ultimate objective is to become a member of the Union, and its participation in the Agency will help it to achieve that objective,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Sole Article

The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council on the participation of Albania as an observer in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' work and the respective modalities thereof, within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council attached to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2017.

For the Council

The President

  • K. 
    SIMSON
 

  • (1) 
    Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (OJ L 53, 22.2.2007, p. 1).
 

DRAFT

DECISION No …/2016 OF THE EU-ALBANIA STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of …

on the participation of Albania as an observer in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' work and the respective modalities thereof, within the framework of Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007

THE EU-ALBANIA STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,

Whereas:

 

(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)

Albania shares the aims and objectives of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (the ‘Agency’) and subscribes to the scope and description of the tasks of the Agency, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 168/2007.

 

(3)

It is appropriate that the Agency should deal with fundamental rights issues within the scope of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 in Albania to the extent necessary for its gradual alignment with Union law.

 

(4)

Albania should...


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