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Council Decision (EU) 2015/209 of 10 November 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application            of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Faroe Islands associating            the Faroe Islands to Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)         

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# Council Decision (EU) 2015/209                     

# of 10 November 2014

# on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement for scientific and technological                        cooperation between the European Union and the Faroe Islands associating the Faroe Islands to Horizon 2020 — the Framework                        Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)                     

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 186, in conjunction with Article                           218(5),                        

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) (‘Horizon 2020’) was established by Regulation                              (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council(1) for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.

(2)On 18 March 2014 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations, on behalf of the Union, with the Faroe Islands,                              in order to conclude an agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Faroe Islands                              associating the Faroe Islands to Horizon 2020.

(3)Those negotiations have been successfully completed and the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between                              the European Union and the Faroe Islands associating the Faroe Islands to Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research                              and Innovation (2014-2020) (‘Agreement’) should be signed and applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the                              procedures for its conclusion,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union                     and the Faroe Islands associating the Faroe Islands to Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation                     (2014-2020) 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 as from 1 January 2014, pending the completion of the procedures for                     its conclusion.                  

# Article 4U.K.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 November 2014.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

M. Martina                            

1

Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 —                              the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104).