98/238/EC, ECSC: Decision of the Council and the Commission of 26 January 1998 on the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part
Date: 1998-01-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Subjects: European Association Agreement, Tunisia, cooperation policy

30.3.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

L 97/1

II

(Acts  whose  publication  is  not  obligatory)

COUNCIL  AND  COMMISSION

DECISION  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  THE  COMMISSION

of  26  January  1998

on  the  conclusion  of  a  Euro-Mediterranean  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between  the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia,
of  the  other  part

(98/238/EC,  ECSC)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

THE  COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,

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
Coal  and  Steel  Community,  and  in  particular  Article  95
thereof,

After consultation of the Consultative Committee and on
the  assent  of  the  Council,

Having 
Parliament,

regard 

to 

the  assent  of 

the  European

Whereas  the  Euro-Mediterranean  Agreement  establishing
an  association  between  the  European  Communities  and
their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Tunisia,  of  the  other  part,  signed  in  Brussels  on  17  July
1995,  should  be  approved,

HAVE  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

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

Article  2

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

2.
The  President  of  the  Council  shall  in  accordance
with  Article  79  of  the  Agreement,  preside  over  the
Association  Council  and  present  the  position  of  the
Community.  A  representative  of  the  President  of  the
Council  shall  preside  over  the  Association  Committee,  in
accordance with Article 82 of the Agreement, and present
the  position  of  the  Community.

Article  3

The  President  of  the  Council  shall  deposit  the  act  of
notification  provided  for  in  Article  96  of  the  Agreement
on  behalf  of  the  European  Community.  The  President  of
the  Commission  shall  deposit  that  act  on  behalf  of  the
European  Coal  and  Steel  Community.

The  Euro-Mediterranean  Agreement  establishing  an
association between the European Communities and their
Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of
Tunisia,  of  the  other  part,  the  Protocols  annexed  thereto
and the declarations attached to the Final Act are hereby
approved on behalf of the European Community and the
European  Coal  and  Steel  Community.

Done  at  Brussels,  26  January  1998.

For  the  Commission

For  the  Council

The  President

J.  SANTER

The  President

R.  COOK