# Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and the provisional application of the Cooperation            Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on            the European Satellite Navigation Programmes (2014/20/EU)         

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# Council Decision

# of 23 September 2013

# on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and the provisional application of the Cooperation Agreement between the European                        Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the European Satellite Navigation                        Programmes                     

# (2014/20/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 172, in conjunction with Article                           218(5) thereof,                        

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)By Decision of 29 June 2010, the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the                              Council, authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Switzerland for establishing a Cooperation Agreement on the European                              Satellite Navigation Programmes (“the Agreement”).

(2)The Agreement was negotiated by the Commission on behalf of the Union and its Member States.

(3)The Agreement allows for the participation of Switzerland in the European satellite navigation programmes. In return Switzerland                              is to contribute to the funding of those programmes.

(4)The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement on 6 March 2013 by the Commission and on                              12 March 2013 by the Swiss Confederation.

(5)The Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(6)In view of ensuring the immediate implementation and the appropriate participation of Switzerland in the European satellite                              navigation programmes, elements falling within the Union's competence should be provisionally applied in accordance with Article                              27(2) of the Agreement.

(7)Pursuant to its Article 27(1), the Agreement should be approved by the Union and its Member States in accordance with their                              internal procedures.

(8)The position of the Union within the Joint Committee is to be adopted by the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, insofar                              as the Committee is called upon to adopt acts having legal effects or decisions suspending the application of the Agreement.

(9)In addition, for matters to be dealt with by the Joint Committee which do not have legal effects, the Commission should coordinate                              the position of the Union with the Member States.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The signing on behalf of the Union of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one                     part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes is hereby authorised, subject                     to the conclusion of the said Agreement.                  

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

# Article 2U.K.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of                     the Union.                  

# Article 3U.K.

The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis, in accordance with Article 27(2) thereof, pending the completion of                     the procedures for its conclusion(1).                  

# Article 4U.K.

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 27(2) of the Agreement.

# Article 5U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 23 September 2013.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

V. Jukna                            

1

The date from which the Agreement will be provisionally applied will be published in the *Official Journal of the European Union* by the General Secretariat of the Council.