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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)913 final
Brussels/6thJanuary1981
ontheconclusion ofthe Agreement
CommunityandtheSwissCon^
inthefieldofregistration
(medicalanddI/ ^
DRAFTCOUNCILDECISION
Agreementbetween theEuropean*titrâttononaconcerted:
registrationofcongenitat/
publ rch)^EuropeanEconomic
medactionproject
abnormalities
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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COM(80)913final

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
Subject :Agreement ontheextension ofaconcerted action project inthe
field ofregistration ofcongenital abnormalities (medical and
,public health research )tobeconcluded between theCommunity and
the Swiss Confederation .
Aconcerted action project inthefield ofregistration ofcongenital abnor­
malities (medical andpublic health research )wasadopted bytheCouncil on
13February 1978 (1).
Anagreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheHellenic
Republic ,with aview toextending thecoordination ,which isthesubject
oftheDecision concerned ,tocorresponding research undertaken inthat
State ,wasconcluded bytheCouncil on24July 1979 (2)and itentered into
force on2August 1980 .
On1August 1980 theSwiss Confederation acceded totheabovementionded
Agreement inaccordance with Article 6(3)thereof . N
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Following thedelay inthestarting upoftheabovementioned Community con­
certed action project andbearing inmind thestatus ofthework relating
thereto ,theCommission adopted andforwarded tothe Council on7October
1980 aproposal for adecision with aview toextending foroneyear ,i.e.
until 31December 1981 ,theduration oftheconcerted action project in
question .Itistherefore necessary fortheAgreement onthis project with
thetwoabovementioned non-member States tobeprolonged forthesame period
Since theHellenic Republic will become aMember oftheCommunity on
1January 1981 ,this extension concerns only theAgreement between the
Community andtheSwiss Confederation . v
Asprovided for inArticle 6(2)ofCouncil Decision 78/167/EEC of
13February 1978 (1),theCommission hasnegotiated theabovementioned ex­
tension with Switzerland .Thenegotiations hadthefollowing results :
-theAgreement between theCommunity andtheSwiss Confederation ona
concerted action project inthefield ofregistration ofcongenital
abnormalities (medical andpublic health research )will beextended for
oneyear ,i.e. until 31December 1981 ;
-this extension will notgive rise toanyincrease infinancial commit­
ments either oftheCommunity orofSwitzerland .
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\
Bearing inmind theadvisability forthe Decision concerning theextension
oftheconcerted Community project andtheAgreement ontheabovementioned
project tobesimultaneously adopted ,theCommission requests theCouncil
toadopt thedraft decision appended hereto ^
(1)0JN°L52of23February 1978 /p.2.
(2)0JN°L205of13August 1979 ,p.27.

DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION ONTHE CONCLUSION OFTHE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ANDTHE SWISS CONFEDERATION ONACONCERTED ,
ACTION PROJECT INTHE FIELD OFREGISTRATION OFCONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES
(MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH )
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCounci I'pecision /EECandamending Decision
78/167/EECadopting aEuropean Economic Community concerted action project
inthefield ofregistration ofcongenital abnormalities (medical and
public health research ),.
Having regard tothedraft Decision submitted bytheCommission ,
Whereas ,on1August 1980 ,theSwiss Confederation acceded totheAgreement
between theEuropean Economic Community andtheHellenic Republic ona
concerted action project inthefield ofregistration ofcongenital abnor­
malities (medical andpublic health research ),asprovided for in
Article 6(3)ofthat Agreement andsince theHellenic Republic will become
aMember oftheEuropean Economic Community on1January 1981 ,itis
advisable toconcLude anAgreement between theCommunity andtheSwiss
Confederation ,
Whereas that Agreement shbu Idbeapproved ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :

! ARTICLE 1
l
TheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheSwiss
Confederation onaconcerted .actionprojectinthefieldofregistrat'on
ofcongenitalabnormalities (medicalandpublichealthresearch)is
herebyapprovedonbehalfoftheCommunity.
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ThetextoftheAgreementisannexedtothisDecision.
ARTICLE2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherbeyauthorizedtodesignatethe
personsempoweredtosigntheAgreementinordertobindtheCommunity.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil

DRAFTAGREEMENT
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheSwissConfederation ona
concertedactionprojectinthefieldofregistration ofcongenital abnor-•
malities(medicalandpublichealthresearch)
.i
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\
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
and
THESWISSCONFEDERATION ,
hereinafter referredtoas"thecontracting parties". ■
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Whereas,byitsDecisionof13February1978,theCounciloftheEuropean ••
)
Communities adoptedaCommunityconcertedactionprojectinthefieldof
registrationofcongenitalabnormalities (medicalandpublichealthresearch)|
Whereas !anagreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheHellenic
Republicontheabovementioned concertedactionprojectwasconcluded on
24July1979andsignedon14December1979;
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Whereas,on1August1980,'theSwissConfederation' accededtothatAgreement
asprovidedforinArticle6(3)thereof;
WhereasbyitsDecisionof theCounciloftheEuropean Commu­
nitiesextendedtheCommunityconcertedactionprojectinthefieldofregistra
tionofcongenitalabnormalities (medicalandpublichealthresearch)until
31December1981;
Whereas,bearinginmindthepresentstatusoftheworkplannedfortheabove-
mentionedAgreement,theextensionofthedurationofthelatterbyoneyear
wouldenablethegreatestbenefittobederivedfromtheeffortmade;
Whereasthisextensionwillriotgiverisetoanyincreaseinfinancialcommit­
mentseitheroftheCommunityorofSwitzerland; -
WhereastheAgreementinquestionshouldtherefore beextendeduntil
31December1981,

HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1
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The*Agreement betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheSwiss
Confederation onaconcertedactionprojectinthefieldofregistration
ofcongenitalabnormalities shallbeextendeduntil31December1981.
■ARTICLE2
ThisAgreement,drawnupinasingleoriginalintheDanish,Dutch,
English,French,German,GreekandItalianlanguages,eachtextbeing
equallyauthentic,shallbedepositedinthearchivesoftheGeneral
Secretariat oftheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities,whichshall
transmitacertifiedcopytoeachofthecontracting parties.