2004/635/EC: Council Decision of 21 April 2004 concerning the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part
Date: 2004-04-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, Egypt, association agreement (EU)

L 304/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.9.2004

COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 April 2004

concerning the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab
Republic of Egypt, of the other part

(2004/635/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 310, in conjunction with the
second sentence of Article 300(2) and the second subparagraph
of Article 300(3) thereof (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
establishing an
Association between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab
Republic of Egypt, of the other part, signed on behalf of
the European Community, in Luxembourg on 25 June
2001, should be approved.

The provisions of this Agreement that fall within the
scope of Part III, Title IV of the Treaty establishing the
European Community bind the United Kingdom and
Ireland as separate Contracting Parties, and not as part
of the European Community, until the United Kingdom
or
Ireland (as the case may be) notifies the Arab
Republic of Egypt that it has become bound as part of
the European Community in accordance with the
Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and
Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and
the Treaty establishing the European Community. The
same applies
in accordance with the
Protocol annexed to those Treaties on the position of
Denmark,

to Denmark,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

together with the Annexes and Protocols annexed thereto, and
the joint declarations, declarations by the European Community
and Exchange of Letters attached to the Final Act, are hereby
approved on behalf of the European Community.

The texts referred to in the first subparagraph are attached to
this Decision.

Article 2

1.
The position to be taken by the Community within the
Association Council, and within the Association Committee
when the latter is empowered to act by the Association
Council, shall be determined by the Council on the basis of a
proposal by the Commission,
in accordance with the corre-
sponding provisions of the Treaties.

2.
In accordance with Article 75 of the Association Agree-
ment the President of the Council shall preside over the Asso-
the Commission shall
ciation Council. A representative of
preside over the Association Committee,
in accordance with
the Rules of Procedure thereof.

3.
The decision to publish the decisions of the Association
Council and the Association Committee in the Official Journal of
the European Union shall be taken on a case-by-case basis by the
Council.

Article 3

The President of the Council, on behalf of the European Com-
munity, is hereby authorised to designate the persons empow-
ered to give the notification provided for in Article 92 of the
Association Agreement.

Article 1

Done at Luxembourg, 21 April 2004.

The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other
part (hereinafter referred to as the Association Agreement),

For the Council

The President

J. WALSH

(1) The European Community has taken over all rights and obligations
of the European Coal and Steel Community following the latter's
expiry on 23 July 2002 (OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 35).

(2) OJ C 304 E, 30.10.2001, p. 2.
(3) OJ C 153 E, 27.6.2002, p. 264.