1999/144/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Decision of the Council and the Commission of 21 December 1998 on the conclusion of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, acting within the framework of the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part
Date: 1998-12-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Subjects: EAEC, ECSC, Slovenia, agreement (EU), association agreement (EU)

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(Acts  whose  publication  is  not  obligatory)

COUNCIL  AND  COMMISSION

DECISION  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  THE  COMMISSION

of  21  December  1998

on  the  conclusion  of  the  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between  the  European
Communities and their Member States, acting within the framework of the European Union, of
the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of  Slovenia,  of  the  other  part

(1999/144/EC,  ECSC,  Euratom)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

HAVE  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

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,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Atomic  Energy  Community,  and  in  particular  the  second
paragraph  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 

establishing  an
Whereas 
association between the European Communities and their
Member  States,  acting  within  the  framework  of  the
European  Union,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of
Slovenia,  of  the  other  part,  signed  in  Luxembourg  on
10  June  1996,  should  be  approved,

(1) OJ  C  347,  18.11.1996,  p.  145.

Article  1

The  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association
between  the  European  Communities  and  their  Member
States,  acting  within  the  framework  of  the  European
Union,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of  Slovenia,  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
Community,  the  European  Coal  and  Steel  Community,
and  the  European  Atomic  Energy  Community.

The  texts  referred  to  in  the  first  paragraph  are  attached
to  this  Decision.

Article  2

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

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

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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  on  behalf  of  the  European  Coal  and  Steel
Community  and  European  Atomic  Energy  Community.

Article  3

Done  at  Brussels,  21  December  1998.

The  President  of  the  Council  shall,  on  behalf  of  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

M.  BARTENSTEIN

The  President

J.  SANTER