2001/582/EC: Council Decision of 18 June 2001 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Czech Republic concerning the Czech Republic's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network
Date: 2001-06-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Czechia, European Environment Agency, agreement (EU), environmental monitoring, environmental policy, information network

7.8.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 213/1

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 June 2001

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Czech Republic
concerning the Czech Republic’s participation in the European Environment Agency and the
European environment information and observation network

(2001/582/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction
with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article
300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

(4)

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

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

Whereas:

framework with

single
countries
participating in the accession process on an equal
footing.

candidate

the

to

conduct

The Council, on 14 February 2000, authorised the
Commission
the
participation in the European Environment Agency of
the countries applying for accession. The Commission
signed the Final Act of the negotiations on 9 October
2000.

negotiations

on

(5)

The Agreement as referred to in this Decision should be
approved,

(1)

(2)

The European Environment Agency and the European
environment information and observation network were
established by Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 (3).

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The Luxembourg European Council
(December 1997)
made participation in the Community programmes and
agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy
for the central and east European countries. In the case
the European Council’s conclusions
of
provide
in which
applicant countries will be able to participate will be
determined on a case-by-case basis(cid:146).

(cid:145)the Community

the agencies,

agencies

that

(3)

The Helsinki European Council
(December 1999)
reaffirmed the inclusive nature of the accession process,
which now comprises 13 candidate countries within a

(1) OJ C 120 E, 24.4.2001, p. 203.
(2) Opinion delivered 31.5.2001 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(3) OJ L 120, 11.5.1990, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 933/1999 (OJ L 117, 5.5.1999, p. 1).

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the
Czech Republic concerning the Czech Republic’s participation
in the European Environment Agency and the European
environment information and observation network is approved
on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is set out as an Annex to this
Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council
is authorised to designate the
person(s) empowered to deposit the notification provided for
in Article 17 of the Agreement.

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Article 3

Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 2001.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

For the Council

The President

M. WINBERG