Proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Agreement amending the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and Canada
Date: 1998-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, EU programme, cooperation agreement (EU), scientific cooperation, technical cooperation

22.12.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  400/27

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Sole  Article

1.(cid:218)(cid:217)The  Fifth  Protocol  to  the  General  Agreement  on
Trade  in  Services  concerning  financial  services  (S/L/45)
is  hereby  approved  on  behalf  of 
the  European
Community  with  regard  to  that  portion  of  it  which  falls
within  the  competence  of  the  European  Community.

concerning 
services  are  attached 
Decision,  as  are  also  the  following  Decisions:

financial 

to 

this

-(cid:217)the  Decision  of 

the  Committee  on  Trade  on
Financial  Services  adopting  the  Fifth  Protocol  to  the
General  Agreement  on  Trade  in  Services  (S/L/44),

-(cid:217)the  Decision  of  the  Council  for  Trade  in  Services  of
in  Financial

December  1997  on  Commitments 
Services  (S/L/50),

2.(cid:218)(cid:217)The  text  of  the  Fifth  Protocol,  together  with  the
schedule  of 
(GATS/SC/31/
Suppl.  4)  and  the  list  of  the  exemptions  from  Article  II  of
the  General  Agreement  on  Trade  in  Services  (GATS/
EL/31)  of  the  Community  and  the  Member  States

commitments 

specific 

3.(cid:218)(cid:217)The  President  of  the  Council  is  hereby  authorized
to  designate  the  person  empowered  to  sign  the  Fifth
Protocol  to  the  General  Agreement  on  Trade  in  Services
in  order  to  bind  the  European  Community  with  regard
to 
its
competence.

that  portion  of 

falling  within 

the  Protocol 

Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concluding  the  Agreement  amending  the  Agreement  for
Scientific  and  Technological  Cooperation  between  the  European  Community  and  Canada

(98/C  400/07)

COM(1998)  664  final  -  98/0316(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  19  November  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular  Article
130M,  in  conjunction  with  Article  228(2),  first  sentence,  and  the  first  subparagraph  of  Article
228(3)  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  European  Parliament,

Whereas  by  its  Decision  of  26  February  1996  the  Council  approved  the  conclusion  of  the
Agreement  for  Scientific  and  Technological  Cooperation  between  the  European  Community
and  Canada,

Whereas  by  its  Decision  of  22  June  1998  the  Council  authorised  the  Commission  to  negotiate
an  amendment  of  the  abovementioned  Agreement  only  as  far  as  the  areas  for  cooperation,
mentioned  under  Article  4  of  the  Agreement,  are  concerned,  and  this  in  accordance  with  the
procedure  foreseen  under  Article  12(b)  of  the  Agreement,

Whereas  the  negotiations  have  resulted  in  the  attached  Agreement,

Whereas  this  Agreement  should  be  signed  and  approved  on  behalf  of  the  European
Community,

C  400/28

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

22.12.98

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

The  Agreement  amending  the  Agreement  for  Scientific  and  Technological  Cooperation
between  the  European  Community  and  Canada  is  hereby  approved.  The  text  of  the  Agreement
is  attached  to  this  Decision.

Article  1

Article  2

Pursuant  to  Article  12  of  the  Agreement  for  Scientific  and  Technological  Cooperation  between
the  European  Community  and  Canada,  the  President  of  the  Council  shall  give  notification  that
the  procedures  for  entry  into  force  of  the  attached  Agreement  have  been  completed  on  the  part
of  the  European  Community.

Agreement  amending  the  Agreement  for  Scientific  and  Technological  Cooperation  between  the
European  Community  and  Canada

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION  on  behalf  of  the  European  Community,  of  the  on
part,  and

THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  CANADA,  of  the  other  part,

Having  regard  to  the  Agreement  for  Scientific  and  Technological  Cooperation  between  the
European  Community  and  Canada,  entered  into  force  on  27  February  1996;

Whereas  both  sides  have  expressed  a  desire  to  widen  the  scope  of  the  Agreement  and  thereto
amend  the  Agreement  in  accordance  with  Article  12(b)  thereof;

Whereas  negotiations  of  such  an  amendment  were  successfully  concluded,

HAVE  AGREED  AS  FOLLOWS:

1.(cid:217)The  text  of  Article  4  of  the  Agreement  for  Scientific  and  Technological  Cooperation

between  the  European  Community  and  Canada  is  replaced  by:

Article  1

"Article  4

Areas  of  Cooperation

For  the  Community,  these  would  include  all  research  and  technological  development  and
demonstration  activities  covered  by  Articles  130G(a)(cid:216)(*)  and  130G(d)(cid:216)(**)  of  the  Treaty
establishing  the  European  Community,  the  latter  only  as  far  as  networks  between  infra(cid:220)
structure  operators  and  related  research  projects  are  concerned.