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( 1 ) OJ NO L 43 , 14 . 2 . 1981 , P . 12 .

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 9 APRIL 1981

ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH )

( 81/240/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 81/21/EEC OF 20 JANUARY 1981 AMENDING DECISION 78/167/EEC ADOPTING A CONCERTED PROJECT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ) ( 1 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE DRAFT DECISION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , ON 1 AUGUST 1980 , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ACCEDED TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ), IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6 ( 3 ) OF THAT AGREEMENT ; WHEREAS , THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ON 1 JANUARY 1981 , IT IS ADVISABLE TO CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ;

WHEREAS THAT AGREEMENT SHOULD BE APPROVED ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ) IS HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY .

THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION .

ARTICLE 2

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE THE PERSONS EMPOWERED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO BIND THE COMMUNITY .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 9 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

D . F . VAN DER MEI

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AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH )

THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

OF THE ONE PART , AND

THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ,

OF THE OTHER PART ,

CONSIDERING THAT , BY ITS DECISION OF 13 FEBRUARY 1978 , THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ADOPTED A COMMUNITY CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH );

CONSIDERING THAT , AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ON THE ABOVEMENTIONED CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT WAS SIGNED ON 14 DECEMBER 1979 ;

CONSIDERING THAT , ON 1 AUGUST 1980 , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ACCEDED TO THAT AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6 ( 3 ) THEREOF ;

CONSIDERING THAT , BY ITS DECISION OF 20 JANUARY 1981 , THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 THE COMMUNITY CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ;

CONSIDERING THAT , BEARING IN MIND THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WORK PROVIDED FOR IN THE ABOVEMENTIONED AGREEMENT , THE EXTENSION OF THE DURATION OF THE LATTER BY ONE YEAR WOULD ENABLE THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO BE DERIVED FROM THE EFFORT MADE ;

CONSIDERING THAT , THIS EXTENSION WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY INCREASE IN FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS EITHER OF THE COMMUNITY OR OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ;

CONSIDERING THAT , THE AGREEMENT IN QUESTION SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 ,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ) SHALL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS AGREEMENT , DRAWN UP IN A SINGLE ORIGINAL IN THE DANISH , DUTCH , ENGLISH , FRENCH , GERMAN , GREEK AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES , EACH TEXT BEING EQUALLY AUTHENTIC , SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , WHICH SHALL TRANSMIT A CERTIFIED COPY TO EACH OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES .