Framework Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cyprus on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in Community programmes
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: Cyprus, European Community
Subjects: Cyprus, EU programme, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), financing of the EU budget, framework agreement

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between the European Community and the Republic of Cyprus on the general principles for the
participation of the Republic of Cyprus in Community programmes

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’,

of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, hereinafter referred to as ‘Cyprus’,

of the other part,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The European Council in Luxembourg in December 1997 made participation in the Community programmes a
way of stepping up the enhanced pre-accession strategy for candidate countries, such participation being
determined case-by-case. That European Council also established a specific pre-accession strategy for Cyprus,
which included participation in certain Community programmes and agencies. Following the European Council
meetings in Helsinki in December 1999 and, in particular, in Nice in December 2000, the case-by-case approach
in this field could be shifted to a more far-reaching one embracing most of the Community programmes.

Cyprus has expressed the wish to participate in a number of Community programmes.

The specific terms and conditions, in particular the financial contribution, regarding the participation of Cyprus in
each particular programme should be determined by agreement between the Commission of the European
Communities, acting on behalf of the Community, and the competent authorities of Cyprus,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Cyprus shall be allowed to participate in all Community
programmes opened to participation of candidate countries of
central and eastern Europe, in accordance with the provisions
adopting these programmes.

Article 2

Cyprus shall contribute financially to the general budget of the
European Union corresponding to the specific programmes in
which Cyprus participates.

providing for Community external assistance to Cyprus that
may be adopted in future, the conditions governing the use by
Cyprus of the Community assistance shall be determined in a
Financing Memorandum.

Article 6

The Agreement shall apply for an indeterminate period.

It may be denounced by either Party by giving six months'
notice in writing.

Article 3

Article 7

Cyprus's representatives shall be allowed to take part, as obser-
vers and for the points which concern Cyprus, in the manage-
ment committees responsible for monitoring the programmes
to which Cyprus contributes financially.

Article 4

Projects and initiatives submitted by participants from Cyprus
shall, as far as possible, be subject to the same conditions, rules
and procedures pertaining to the programmes concerned as are
applied to Member States.

Article 5

The specific terms and conditions regarding the participation of
Cyprus in each particular programme, in particular the finan-
cial contribution payable, shall be determined by agreement
between the Commission, acting on behalf of the Community,
and the competent authorities of Cyprus.

If Cyprus applies for Community external assistance pursuant
to Council Regulation (EC) No 555/2000 of 13 March 2000
on the implementation of operations in the framework of the
pre-accession strategy for the Republic of Cyprus and the
Republic of Malta (1), or pursuant to any similar Regulation

(1) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 3.

No later than three years after the date of entry into force of
thereafter, both
this Agreement, and every three years
Contracting Parties may review the implementation of
the
Agreement on the basis of actual participation of Cyprus in
one or more Community programmes.

Article 8

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories
in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is
applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and,
on the other hand, to the territory of Cyprus.

Article 9

This Agreement shall enter into force on the day on which the
Contracting Parties have notified each other of the completion
of their respective procedures.

Article 10

The Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch,
English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish and Swedish languages, each of
these texts being
equally authentic.

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5.2.2002

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintiuno de diciembre del dos mil uno.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den enogtyvende december to tusind og en.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am einundzwanzigsten Dezember zweitausendundeins.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι µία ∆εκεµβρίου δύο χιλιάδες ένα.

Done at Brussels on the twenty-first day of December in the year two thousand and one.

Fait à Bruxelles,

le vingt-et-un décembre deux mille un.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventuno dicembre duemilauno.

Gedaan te Brussel, de eenentwintigste december tweeduizendeneen.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e um de Dezembro de dois mil e um.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäensimmäisenä päivänä joulukuuta vuonna kaksituhattayksi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugoförsta december tjugohundraett.

Por la Comunidad Europea

For Det Europæiske Fællesskab

Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunità europea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

Pela Comunidade Europeia

Euroopan yhteisön puolesta

På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

For the Republic of Cyprus