1999/460/EC: Council Decision of 20 May 1999 concluding the Additional Protocol to the EEC/Cyprus Association Agreement to associate Cyprus with the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998 to 2002)
Date: 1999-05-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cyprus, EU programme, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, research policy, technological change

15. 7. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 180/35

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 May 1999

concluding the Additional Protocol to the EEC/Cyprus Association Agreement to associate Cyprus
with the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological
development and demonstration activities (1998 to 2002)

(1999/460/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 170, in conjunction with
Article 300(2) and the first sub-paragraph of Article 300(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

(1) Whereas

the Agreement establishing an association
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Association Agreement')
between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Cyprus (3),
referred to as
‘Cyprus') entered into force on 1 June 1973;

(hereinafter

Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement (here-
inafter referred to as ‘the Protocol');

(6) Whereas, by Decision No 182/1999/EC, the European
Parliament and the Council of
the European Union
adopted the fifth framework programme of the Euro-
pean Community for research, technological develop-
ment and demonstration activities (1998 to 2002) (5)
(hereinafter
‘fifth framework
to as
programme');

referred

the

(7) Whereas the Protocol to associate Cyprus to the fifth
framework programme should be approved and signed
on behalf of the Community,

(2) Whereas a Protocol on financial and technical co-opera-
tion between the European Community and the
Republic of Cyprus (4), was signed on 30 October 1995;

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(3) Whereas the conclusions of the Luxembourg European
Council of 12-13 December 1997 confirmed the poss-
ibility 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;

(4) Whereas Cyprus has formally informed the Commission
on 7 April 1998 that it wishes such an association;

(5) Whereas by its Decision of 13 October 1998,

the
Council authorised the Commission to negotiate an

(1) OJ C 89, 30.3.1999, p. 31.
(2) Opinion delivered on 14 April 1999 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(3) OJ L 133, 21.5.1973, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 278, 21.11.1995, p. 23.

Article 1

The Additional Protocol
to the Agreement establishing an
Association between the European Economic Community and
the Republic of Cyprus is hereby approved on behalf of the
Community.

The text of the protocol

is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to appoint
the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind
the Community.

(5) OJ L 26, 1.2.1999, p. 1.

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The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, give the notification provided for in Article
10 of the Protocol.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 20 May 1999.

For the Council

The President

E. BULMAHN