2003/567/CFSP: Council Decision 2003/567/CFSP of 21 July 2003 implementing Common Position 1999/533/CFSP relating to the European Union's contribution to the promotion of the early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
Date: 2003-07-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Union, international agreement, nuclear test, the EU's international role

31.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 192/53

(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL DECISION 2003/567/CFSP

of 21 July 2003

implementing Common Position 1999/533/CFSP relating to the European Union's contribution to
the promotion of the early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Common Position 1999/533/CFSP of
29 July 1999 relating to the European Union's contribution to
the promotion of the early entry into force of the Comprehen-
sive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (1), and in particular Arti-
cles 1 and 4 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the
Treaty on European Union,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In accordance with Article 4 of Common Position 1999/
533/CFSP, the European Union undertook to encourage
all States which have not yet done so to sign and ratify
the CTBT without delay, in particular those States on the
list of 44, whose ratification is necessary for the entry
into force of the CTBT.

It is appropriate to contribute to a successful outcome of
the
the third conference pursuant
CTBT, which will take place in Vienna from 3 to 5
September 2003, aiming at accelerating the CTBT-ratifi-
cation process in order to facilitate the early entry into
force of the CTBT,

to Article XIV of

(b) those States which have signed, but not ratified, the CTBT,
in particular the States which will host stations of the Inter-
national Monitoring System (IMS);

(c) those States which have not signed the CTBT, in particular,

the States which will host IMS stations.

Article 2

The European Union shall support the convening of the confer-
ence pursuant to Article XIV of the CTBT at political level.

Article 3

In order to accelerate the ratification process and to facilitate
the early entry into force of the CTBT, the European Union
may contact regional organisations (such as the African Union,
Organisation of American States (OAS) and Association of East
Asian States (ASEAN)).

Article 4

The Presidency shall
Secretariat of the implementation of Articles 1 and 2.

inform the CTBT Provisional Technical

Article 5

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 1

Article 6

Within the framework of the support for the early entry into
force of the CTBT referred to in Article 1 of the Common Posi-
tion 1999/533/CFSP, the European Union shall encourage all
States which have not yet done so to sign and ratify the CTBT
without delay.

For this purpose, the European Union shall encourage:

(a) as a first priority, those States on the list of 44, whose
signature and ratification is necessary for entry into force of
the CTBT;

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

Done at Brussels, 21 July 2003.

For the Council

The President

F. FRATTINI

(1) OJ L 204, 4.8.1999, p. 1.