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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
CONCLUSION BYTHE COMMUNITY OFTHE COUNCIL OF
EUROPE 'SCONVENTION ONTHE CONSERVATION OFEUROPEAN
WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HABITATS "
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Con iiiiunicat ionfrom theCommission totheCouncil
Subject :Conclusion bytheCommunity oftheCouncil ofEurope 'sConvention
ontheConservation ofEuropean Wildlife andNatural Habitats .
On27March 1979 ,theCommission sent totheCouncil arecommendation for
aCouncil Decision authorizing theCommission toparticipate inthenegotiat­
ions toconclude theConvention cited above (COM (79)146final ).This
document sets outthereasons whytheCommunity assuch should sign and
conclude this Convention alongside itsMember States .
Inthemeantime ,theSecretariat oftheCouncil ofEurope' hasinformed the
Commission that theCommittee ofMinisters ,theexecutive body ofthat
organization ,hasadopted thefollowing decisions :
"TheDeputies :
i. adopted thetext oftheEuropean Convention ontheConservation of
European Wildlife andNatural Habitats asitappears atAppendix ...
totheConclusions ;(Annex I)(1)
ii.decided toopen theConvention forsignature byMember States
on17September 1979 inBerne ontheoccasion oftheEuropean Ministerial
Conference ontheEnvironment ;
iii .agreed ,however ,toreexamine this text inamost favourable spirit
atthelatest during their 306th meeting (June 1979 -Alevel )(2)if
theEuropean Community expresses before that date thewish tobecome a
Contracting Party totheConvention ,ontheunderstanding that this
reexamination shall deal exclusively with themodifications which will
thus become necessary ".
TheSecretariat oftheCouncil ofEurope hassent totheCommission the
amendments which must bemade tothedraft Convention sothat itmaybe
concluded bytheCommunity .
This move clearly indicates theCouncil ofEurope 'sinterest inseeing the
Community conclude theConvention .
(1)Intheofficial languages oftheCouncil ofEurope .
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(2)Scheduled date :13June 1979 .

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Theamendments ,setoutmAnnex II,correspond entirely tothenegotiating
guidelines which theCommission requested oftheCouncil andthus constitute
suitable basis forconclusion oftheConvention bytheCommunity .
TheCommission accordingly takes theview that theSecretariat ofthe
Council ofEurope should beinformed ofthis ingood time ,sothat itcan
draw upthedefinitive text oftheConvention for signature ..Onthebasis
ofthis final text theCommission will recommend inthenear future that
theCouncil adopt adecision for .theconclusion oftheConvention bythe
Community .
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Itisaccordingly proposed that theCouncil :
-record itsagreement ontheamendments tobemade totheConvention on
theConservation ofEuropean Wildlife andNatural Habitats ,
-call ontheCommission torequest theCouncil ofEurope ,before 13June
1979 ,toaddthese amendments tothetext oftheaforementioned Convention ,
-approve theprinciple ofconclusion bytheCommunity oftheConvention thus
ammended ,
-designate thepersons empowered tosign theConvention thus amended .