2001/516/EC: Council Decision of 22 May 2001 on the signature and provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Malta, to associate Malta to the Fifth Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (1998-2002)
Date: 2001-05-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU programme, Malta, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, research and development, technological change

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 May 2001

on the signature and provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement estab-
lishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Malta, to
associate Malta to the Fifth Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and
Demonstration (1998-2002)

(2001/516/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community and in particular Article 170, in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Agreement establishing an association (hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Association Agreement’) between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of
Malta, (hereinafter referred to as ‘Malta’) (1) entered into
force on 1 April 1971.

The conclusions of the Luxembourg European Council
of 12-13 December 1997 confirmed the possibility of
to the Community's
associating candidate countries
Framework Programme in the field of research and tech-
nological development as one of the instruments of the
pre-accession strategy to be applied to these countries.

By Decision No 182/1999/EC (2), the European Parlia-
ment and the Council adopted the Fifth Framework
Programme of the European Community in the field of
Research and Technological Development and Demon-
stration (1998-2002) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Fifth
Framework Programme’).

The Helsinki European Council of 10-11 December
1999 decided to convene a bilateral intergovernmental
conference on the accession of Malta to the European
Union.

(1) OJ L 61, 14.3.1971, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 26, 1.2.1999, p. 1.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

On 3 April 2000 Malta formally informed the European
Commission that it wished such an association with the
Fifth Framework Programme from 1 January 2001.

By its Decision of 17 October 2000, the Council author-
ised the Commission to negotiate on behalf of the Euro-
pean Community an Additional Protocol to the Associa-
tion Agreement, to associate Malta to the Fifth Frame-
work Programme (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Addi-
tional Protocol’).

Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the
initialled on 6 December 2000
Additional Protocol
should be signed on behalf of the Community.

It is appropriate to apply the Additional Protocol on a
provisional basis as from 1 March 2001 pending the
completion of the procedures for its conclusion, subject
to reciprocity,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Subject to a possible conclusion at a later date, the President of
the Council
is hereby authorised to designate the person
empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community, the
Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Associa-
tion between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Malta.

The text of the Additional Protocol is annexed to this Decision.

Article 2

The Additional Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis
as from 1 March 2001, subject to reciprocity, pending the
completion of the procedures for its conclusion.

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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, 22 May 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. WINBERG