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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSALFORA
COUNCILDECISION ONTHECONCLUSION OFANOUTLINEAGREEMENT
INTHEFORMOFANEXCHANGEOF^LETTERSBETWEENTHEEAECANDTHE
EECONTHEONE-HANDANDTHEINTERNATIONAL ENERGYAGENCY(IEA)ON
THEOTHER,FORCO-OPERATION INTHEFIELDOFENERGYRESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
(Submitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(76)264final

COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COMMUNICATION SUBMITTED BYTHE COMMISSION TO
THE COUNCIL
Ontheoccasion ofitsmeeting ofthe31May/1June 1976 ,the
Council decided toissue adirective totheCommission tonego­
tiate with theInternational Energy Agency anoutline agreement ,
inthe form ofanexchange ofletters ,stating theintentions
ofthe two parties toco-operate ,under agreements tobeconcluded ,
inthe field ofresearch and development .
The Council will find attached here :
1)thetext ofadraft outline agreement intheform of
anexchange ofletters which hasbeen negotiated in
implementation ofthis directive ;
2)adraft decision ontheconclusion ofthis agreement .
The Commission draws theCouncil 'sattention totheurgency of
this matter .The Commission must beable tosign these two
"Implementing Agreements "which have been already approved by
theCouncil onthe 31May/1June ,assoon aspossible .

COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
DRAFT FOR ANEXCHANGE OFLETTERS BETWEEN
THE PRESIDENT OFTHE GOVERNING BOARD
OFTHE IEA AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OFTHE COMMISSION
MrPresident ,
Asyouknow ,research and development programmes inthe
energy field are carried out intheframework oftheEEC and the
EAEC .Many ofthese programmes concern areas inwhich the Inter­
national Energy Agency also has R&Dprogrammes .
Ihave thehonour toinform you ,bythis letter ,that the
EEC and EAEC intend toco-operate with the IEA inresearch' and
development when such aco-operation islikely tocontribute
towards theattainment oftheresearch and development objec­
tives oftheCommunity inthe field ofenergy R&D .
This co-operation can beachieved through Community part­
icipation intheprogrammes and projects oftheAgency .Inpart­
icular ,theCommission oftheEuropean Communities shall negotiate ,
onacase bycase basis ,"Implementing Agreements "inaccordance
with theprovisions oftheTreaties establishing theEuropean
Communities .

COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
REPLY
MrPresident ,
Ihave thehonour toacknowledge receipt ofyour letter
dated stating the following :
(text ofletter ).
Iampleased toinform you that the IEA can agree to
co-operate with the EEC and EAEC inthe field ofenergy R&D
under the terms set forth inyour letter .

PROPOSAL FOR A
;COUNCIL DECISION ONTHE CONCLUSION OFANOUTLINE AGREEMENT
INTHE FORM OFANEXCHANGE OFLETTERS BETWEEN THE EAEC AND THE
EEC ONTHE ONEHAND AND THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (IEA )ON
THE OTHER ,FOR CO-OPERATION INTHE FIELD OFENERGY RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
The Council oftheEuropean Communities ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Atomic Energy
Community ,and inparticular thesecond paragraph ofArticle 101 ,
thereof ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 228thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theCommission has negotiated inaccordance with theCouncil'
directive of31May 1976 ,anoutline agreement between theEAEC and
theEEC onthe onehand and the IEA onthe other ,
Whereas itisadvisable toapprove theconclusion ofthis agreement
insofarasitis within thescope oftheEAEC Treaty ,
Wherears ,itisadvisable toconclude thesaid agreement insofar
asitiswithin thescope oftheEECTreaty 9
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Toapprove ,insofarasitiswithin thescope oftheEAEC Treaty ,
theagreement between theEAEC and theEEC onthe onehand ,and the
IEAontheother ,forco-operation inthefield ofenergy research
and development .

Article 2
Toconclude ,insofar asitiswithin thescope oftheEECTreaty ,
this agreement between theEAEC and theEEC ,ontheonehand ,and
the EEC onthe other .
Article 3
The President oftheCouncil isauthorized todesignate the
signatory oftheagreement ,insofarasitiswithin thescope
ofthe EEC Treaty .