2001/589/EC: Council Decision of 18 June 2001 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria concerning the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network
Date: 2001-06-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, European Environment Agency, agreement (EU), environmental monitoring, environmental policy, information network

7.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 213/65

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 June 2001

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

(2001/589/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,

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

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

(December 1997)
The Luxembourg European Council
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

(December 1999)
The Helsinki European Council
reaffirmed the inclusive nature of the accession process,
which now comprises 13 candidate countries within a
single
countries
participating in the accession process on an equal
footing.

framework with

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,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the
Republic of Bulgaria concerning the participation of
the
Republic of Bulgaria in the European Environment Agency and
information and observation
the European environment
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 18 of the Agreement.

Article 3

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

Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. WINBERG

(1) OJ C 120 E, 24.4.2001, p. 195.
(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).