98/98/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Decision of the Council and the Commission of 19 December 1997 on the conclusion of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part
Date: 1997-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Subjects: EAEC Treaty, ECSC Treaty, European Association Agreement, European treaties, Latvia

2.2.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

L 26/1

II

(Acts  whose  publication  is  not  obligatory)

COUNCIL  AND  COMMISSION

DECISION  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  THE  COMMISSION

of  19  December  1997

on  the  conclusion  of  the  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between  the  European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other
part

(98/98/EC,  ECSC,  Euratom)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

HAVE  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

THE  COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,

Article  1

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Coal  and  Steel  Community,  and  in  particular  Article  95
thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  238  in  conjunction
with the second sentence of Article 228(2) and the second
subparagraph  of  Article  228(3)  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Atomic  Energy  Community,  and  in  particular  the  second
subparagraph  of  Article  101  thereof,

After  consultation  of  the  Consultative  Committee  and
with  the  assent  of  the  Council  pursuant  to  Article  95  of
the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Coal  and  Steel
Community,

Having 
Parliament (1),

regard 

to 

the  assent  of 

the  European

Having  regard  to  the  approval  of  the  Council  granted
pursuant  to  Article  101  of  the  Treaty  establishing  the
European  Atomic  Energy  Community,

the  Europe  Agreement 

Whereas 
establishing  an
association between the European Communities and their
Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of
Latvia,  of  the  other  part,  signed  in  Brussels  on  12  June
1995,  should  be  approved,

(1) OJ  C  323,  4.12.1995,  p.  41.

The  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association
between  the  European  Communities  and  their  Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the
other  part,  the  Protocols  annexed  thereto  and  the
declarations  and  Exchanges  of  Letters  attached  to  the
Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of the European
Coal  and  Steel  Community,  the  European  Community
and  the  European  Atomic  Energy  Community.

The text of the Agreement, the Protocols annexed thereto
and  the  Final  Act  are  attached  to  this  Decision.

Article  2

The  position  to  be  taken  by  the  Community  within
1.
the  Association  Council  and  within  the  Association
Committee  when  the  latter  is  empowered  to  act  by  the
Association  Council  shall  be  laid  down  by  the  Council,
on a proposal by the Commission, or, where appropriate,
in  accordance  with  the
by  the  Commission,  each 
corresponding  provisions  of  the  Treaties  establishing  the
European  Community,  the  European  Coal  and  Steel
Community 
the  European  Atomic  Energy
Community.

and 

2.
The  President  of  the  Council  shall,  in  accordance
with  Article  111  of  the  Europe  Agreement,  preside  over
the  Association  Council  and  present  the  Community’s
position.  A  representative  of  the  Commission  shall
preside  over  the  Association  Committee,  in  accordance
with  the  rules  of  procedure  thereof,  and  present  the
Community’s  position.

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EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

2.2.98

The  decision  to  publish  the  decisions  of  the
3.
Association  Council  and  the  Association  Committee  in
the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities  shall
be  taken  on  a  case-by-case  basis  by  the  Council  and
Commission respectively.

President  of  the  Commission  shall  deposit  the  said  Acts
of  Notification  as  regards  the  European  Coal  and  Steel
Community  and  European  Atomic  Energy  Community.

Done  at  Brussels,  19  December  1997.

Article  3

The  President  of  the  Council  shall,  as  regards  the
European  Community,  deposit  the  Act  of  Notification
provided  for  in  Article  131  of  the  Agreement.  The

For  the  Council

For  the  Commission

The  President

F.  BODEN

The  President

J.  SANTER