Decision taken by common agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Communities
Date: 1992-12-12
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: EU institution, seat of institution













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41992X1223

Decision taken by common agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Communities  


Official Journal C 341 , 23/12/1992 P. 0001 - 0004 





DECISION TAKEN BY COMMON  AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES ON THE LOCATION OF  THE SEATS OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND OF CERTAIN BODIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  (92/C  341/01)THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, Having regard to Article 216 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 77  of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and Article 189 of the Treaty  establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Recalling the Decision of 8 April 1965, and without prejudice to the provisions contained therein  concerning the seat of future institutions, bodies and departments, HEREBY DECIDE: Article 1(a)   The European Parliament shall have its seat in Strasbourg where the  twelve periods of monthly plenary sessions, including the budget session, shall be held. The  periods of additional plenary sessions shall be held in Brussels. The Committees of the European  Parliament shall meet in Brussels. The General Secretariat of the European Parliament and its  departments shall remain in Luxembourg. (b) The Council shall have its seat in Brussels. During the months of April, June and October, the  Council shall hold its meetings in Luxembourg. (c) The Commission shall have its seat in Brussels. The departments listed in Articles 7, 8 and 9  of the Decision of 8 April 1965 shall be established in Luxembourg. (d) The Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance shall have their seats in Luxembourg. (e) The Economic and Social Committee shall have its seat in Brussels. (f) The Court of Auditors shall have its seat in Luxembourg. (g) The European Investment Bank shall have its seat in Luxembourg. Article 2The seat of other  bodies and departments set up or to be set up will be decided by common agreement between the  Representatives of the Governments of the Member States at a forthcoming European Council, taking  account of the advantages of the above provisions to the Member States concerned, and giving  appropriate priority to Member States who do not at present provide the sites for Community  institutions. Article 3This Decison shall enter into force as of today. Hecho en Edimburgo, el doce de diciembre de mil novecientos noventa y dos. Udfaerdiget i Edinburgh, den tolvte december nitten hundrede og tooghalvfems. Geschehen zu Edinburgh am zwoelften Dezember neunzehnhundertzweiundneunzig. ¸ãéíaa óôï AAaeéìâïýñãï, óôéò aeþaeaaêá AEaaêaaìâñssïõ ÷ssëéá aaííéáêueóéá aaíaaíÞíôá aeýï. Done at Edinburgh on the twelfth day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and  ninety-two. Fait à Édimbourg, le douze décembre mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-douze. Fatto a Edimburgo, addì dodici dicembre millenovecentonovantadue. Gedaan te Edinburgh, de twaalfde december negentienhonderd tweeënnegentig. Feito em Edimburgo, em doze de Dezembro de mil novecentos e noventa e dois.   Pour le gouvernement du royaume de BelgiqueVoor de Regering van het Koninkrijk België>REFERENCE  TO A FILM>For regeringen for Kongeriget Danmark>REFERENCE TO A FILM>Fuer die Regierung der  Bundesrepublik Deutschland>REFERENCE TO A FILM>Ãéá ôçí êõâÝñíçóç ôçò AAëëçíéêÞò AEçìïêñáôssáò> REFERENCE TO A FILM>Por el Gobierno del Reino de España>REFERENCE TO A FILM>Pour le gouvernement  de la République française>REFERENCE TO A FILM> For the Government of IrelandThar ceann  Rialtas na hÉireann>REFERENCE TO A FILM>Per il governo della Repubblica italiana>REFERENCE TO A  FILM>Pour le gouvernement du grand-duché de Luxembourg>REFERENCE TO A FILM>Voor de Regering van  het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden>REFERENCE TO A FILM>Pelo Governo da República Portuguesa> REFERENCE TO A FILM>For the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern  Ireland>REFERENCE TO A FILM>  StatementThe Representatives of the Governments of the Member  States declare that, taking into account the Protocol on the Economic and Social Committee and the  Committee of the Regions annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Committee  of the Regions, having an organizational structure in common with the Economic and Social  Committee, shall also have its seat in Brussels. Unilateral Declaration of LuxembourgLuxembourg accepts this formula in a spirit of compromise. It  is however understood that its acceptance may not be interpreted as constituting a waiver of the  provisions and the potentialities of the Decision of 8 April 1965. Unilateral Declaration of the NetherlandsThe Netherlands Government takes it as self-evident that  the Decision of 1965, in view of the enlargement of the Community and of its institutions and  bodies in the meantime, may never stand in the way of a balanced and equitable distribution of the  seats of the institutions and bodies throughout the Member States.