Proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Additional Protocol to the EEC/Cyprus Association Agreement to associate Cyprus to the Fifth Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (1998-2002)
Date: 1999-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, EU programme, accession to an agreement, association agreement (EU), research and development

30.3.1999

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  89/31

Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concluding  the  Additional  Protocol  to  the  EEC/Cyprus
Association Agreement to  associate Cyprus with the Fifth Framework Programme for research,
technological  development  and  demonstration  (1998-2002)

(1999/C  89/04)

COM(1999)  57  final  —  99/0049(ACC)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  15  February  1999)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

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

in  particular  Article  130M, 

and 

the 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard 
Parliament,

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Whereas  the  Agreement  establishing  an  association
(hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘the  Association  Agreement’)
between  the  European  Economic  Community  and  the
Republic  of  Cyprus,  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘Cyprus’)
entered  into  force  on  1  June  1973;

technical
Whereas  a  Protocol  on 
cooperation  between  the  European  Community,  of  the
one  part,  and  Cyprus  of  the  other  part,  was  signed  on
30  October  1995;

financial  and 

Whereas  the  conclusions  of  the  Luxembourg  European
Council  of  12-13  December  1997  confirmed 
the
possibility  of  associating  candidate  countries  with  the
Community’s  Framework  Programme  in  the  field  of
research  and  technological  development  as  one  of  the
instruments of the pre-accession strategy to be applied to
these  countries;

Whereas  Cyprus  has  formally  informed  the  European
Commission  on  7  April  1998  that  they  wish  such  an
association;

Whereas by its Decision of 13 October 1998, the Council
authorised  the  Commission  to  negotiate  an  Additional
Protocol  to  the  Association  Agreement  (hereinafter
referred  to  as  ‘the  Protocol’);

Whereas,  by  Decision  No  . . ./. . ./EC,  the  European
Parliament  and  the  Council  of  the  European  Union
adopted  a  Framework  Program  of  European  Community
activities  in  the  field  of  research  and  technological
development and demonstration (1998-2002) (hereinafter
referred  to  as  the  ‘Fifth  Framework  Program’);

Whereas  the  Protocol  to  associate  Cyprus  with  the  Fifth
Framework  Programme  should  be  approved  and  signed
on  behalf  of  the  Community,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

The  Protocol,  attached  to  this  Decision, 
approved.

is  hereby

Article  2

The  President  of  the  Council  is  hereby  authorised  to
appoint the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on
behalf  of  the  Community.

Article  3

Pursuant  to  Article  10  of  the  Protocol,  the  President  of
the  Council  shall  give  notification  that  the  procedures
necessary  for  the  entry  into  force  of  the  Protocol  have
been 
the  European
Community.

completed  on 

the  part  of