Proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America
Date: 1998-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, cooperation agreement (EU), research and development, scientific cooperation, technical cooperation

C  162/10

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

28.5.98

Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concluding  the  Agreement  for  scientific  and  technological
cooperation  between  the  European  Community  and  the  Government  of  the  United  States  of
America

(98/C  162/07)

COM(1998)  137  final  -  98/0095(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  11  March  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

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

in  particular  Article  130m, 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission;

Having 
Parliament;

regard 

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Whereas  the  European  Community  and  the  United
specific  RTD
States  of  America 
programmes  in  areas  of  common  interest;

pursuing 

are 

Whereas  on  the  basis  of  past  experience,  both  sides  have
expressed  a  desire  to  establish  a  deeper  and  broader
framework  for  the  conduct  of  collaboration  in  science
and  technology;

in  the  field  of
Whereas  this  cooperation  agreement 
science  and  technology  forms  part  of  the  global  coop(cid:220)
eration  between 
the
United  States  of  America  as  reflected,  in  particular,  in
the  New  Transatlantic  Agenda,  adopted  by  both  sides  in
December  1995;

the  European  Community  and 

Whereas  by  its  Decision  of  25  June  1996,  the  Council
authorised  the  Commission  to  negotiate  an  agreement
for  scientific  and  technological  cooperation  between  the
European  Community  and 
the
United  States  of  America;

the  Government  of 

Whereas  by 
its  Decision  of  1  December  1997,  the
Council  decided  that  the  Agreement  for  scientific  and
technological  cooperation  be  signed  on  behalf  of  the
European  Community;

Whereas  the  Agreement  for  scientific  and  technological
cooperation  was  signed  on  5  December  1997;

Whereas  the  Agreement  for  scientific  and  technological
cooperation  between  the  EC  and  the  Government  of  the
United  States  of  America  should  be  approved,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

The  Agreement  for  scientific  and  technological  coop(cid:220)
eration  between 
the
Government  of  the  United  States  of  America  is  hereby
approved  on  behalf  of  the  Community.  The  text  of  the
Agreement  is  attached  to  this  Decision.

the  European  Community  and 

Article  2

Pursuant  to  Article  12  of  the  Agreement,  the  President
of  the  Council  shall  give  notification  that  the  procedures
necessary  for  the  entry  into  force  of  the  Agreement  have
the  European
been 
Community.

completed  on 

the  part  of 

Done  at  Brussels,  .(cid:216).(cid:216).

For  the  Council

The  President