2000/506/EC: Council Decision of 31 July 2000 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Norway concerning the extension of the common communications network/common systems interface (CCN/CSI) within the framework of the Convention on a common transit procedure
Date: 2000-07-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Norway, agreement (EU), computer network, exchange of information, information network

11.8.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 204/35

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 31 July 2000

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and Norway concerning the extension of the common communications network/
common systems interface (CCN/CSI) within the framework of the Convention on a common
transit procedure

(2000/506/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 together with the
first sentence of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of
Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

On 22 October 1999 the Council authorised the
Commission of the European Communities to negotiate
with each of
the non-Community partner countries
which are Contracting Parties to the Convention, an
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the
extension of the CCN/CSI to each of them.

The Commission has negotiated the extension of the
CCN/CSI to Norway.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
concerning this extension should be approved,

(1)

(2)

(3)

The implementation of the computerised system intro-
duced by Decision No 1/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint
Committee on common transit (1) requires the setting up
of an international computer network to make possible
the exchange of
information between the competent
authorities of the Contracting Parties to the Convention
of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure (2),
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’.

The European Community has already developed a
common communications network/common systems
interface (CCN/CSI) which fulfils the necessary require-
ments.

Decision No 2/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee
on common transit provides that the CCN/CSI is to be
used by all Contracting Parties to the Convention (3) and
that the financial participation of the partner countries
and other related issues will be determined by mutual
agreement between the Community and each of the
partner countries.

(1) OJ L 65, 12.3.1999, p. 50.
(2) OJ L 226, 13.8.1987, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 53.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and Norway concerning the exten-
common communications network/common
sion of
the
systems interface (CCN/CSI) within the framework of
Convention on a common transit procedure
is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

the

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) authorised to sign the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters so as to render it binding on the
Community.

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This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 31 July 2000.

For the Council

The President

H. VÉDRINE