2001/84/EC: Council Decision of 22 December 2000 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cyprus adopting the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in Community programmes in the fields of training, education and youth
Date: 2000-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cyprus, EU programme, agreement (EU), education, vocational training, young person

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 December 2000

concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic
of Cyprus adopting the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in
Community programmes in the fields of training, education and youth

(2001/84/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
in
Community, and in particular Articles 149 and 150,
conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence, and (3), first
sub-paragraph thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

the

‘Youth’

establishing
action
programme (5), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
provide that these programmes shall be open to the
participation of Cyprus.

Community

(3)

In conformity with the negotiating guidelines adopted
by the Council on 14 February 2000, the Commission
has negotiated, on behalf of the European Community,
an agreement to enable Cyprus to participate in these
programmes.

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

(4)

The Agreement should be approved,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The participation of Cyprus in Community programmes
is an important element of the pre-accession strategy for
Cyprus as set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 555/
2000 of 13 March 2000 on the implementation of
the pre-accession
operations
strategy for the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of
Malta (2).

in the framework of

Council Decision 1999/382/EC of 26 April 1999 estab-
lishing the second phase of the Community vocational
training action programme ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ (3), and
in particular Article 10 thereof, Decision No 253/
2000/EC of 24 January 2000 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council establishing the second phase
of the Community action programme in the field of
education ‘Socrates’ (4), and in particular Article 12
thereof, and Decision No 1031/2000/EC of 13 April
2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the
Republic of Cyprus adopting the terms and conditions for the
participation of
in Community
the Republic of Cyprus
programmes in the fields of training, education and youth is
hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

(1) Opinion delivered on 13 December 2000 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 146, 11.6.1999, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 28, 3.2.2000, p. 1.

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

(5) OJ L 117, 18.5.2000, p. 1.

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The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, give the notifications provided for in
Article 4 of the Agreement.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2000.

For the Council

The President

C. PIERRET