Council Common Position 2006/244/CFSP of  20 March 2006  on participation by the European Union in the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO)
Date: 2006-03-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: North Korea, South Korea, nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear reactor, nuclear weapon, the EU's international role

25.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 88/73

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2006/244/CFSP

of 20 March 2006

on participation by the European Union in the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation
(KEDO)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

(7)

Common Position 2001/869/CFSP
expired on 31
December 2005 and should be replaced by a new
Common Position,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING COMMON POSITION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

On the basis of Common Position 2001/869/CFSP (1),
the European Union has participated in the Korean
Peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO), in
order to contribute to finding an overall solution to the
issue of nuclear non-proliferation in the Korean
Peninsula.

The EU strategy against proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction, adopted by the European Council on 12
to
December 2003,
importance
compliance by all parties with the provisions of
the
Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

attaches particular

Through its participation in KEDO, the European Union
has been making a contribution to the European Union's
objective, namely to find an overall solution to the issue
of nuclear proliferation in the Korean peninsula in
accordance with the objectives of the six-party-talks.

is

consensus

There
the Executive Board
amongst
Members of KEDO to terminate KEDO's nuclear light
water reactor project
(hereinafter referred to as LWR
project) as soon as possible and to wind up KEDO in
an orderly manner before the end of 2006.

To that end the European Atomic Energy Community
(Euratom) has negotiated the renewal of its membership
of KEDO with the specific purpose of supporting the
objective of
and of
winding up KEDO.

terminating the LWR project

in place.

The existing detailed arrangements for the representation
the European Union on KEDO's Executive Board
of
the
should be kept
Council and the Commission have
if
KEDO's Executive Board was to address any matter
falling outside Euratom's competence, it is the Presidency
of the Council which should take the floor to express a
position on such matters.

In that connection,

agreed that

The objective of
this Common Position is to enable the
European Union to participate in the process to terminate the
LWR project as soon as possible and to wind up KEDO in an
orderly manner before the end of 2006.

Article 2

1.
For matters falling outside the competence of Euratom,
the position within KEDO's Executive Board shall be determined
by the Council and expressed by the Presidency.

2.
The Presidency shall therefore be closely associated with
the proceedings of KEDO's Executive Board and shall be
informed immediately of any common foreign and security
policy matter which must be discussed at Executive Board
meetings.

The Commission shall report to the Council, on a regular
3.
basis and as the need arises, under
the
Presidency assisted by the Secretary-General/High Representative
for the CFSP.

the authority of

Article 3

This Common Position shall
its
adoption. It shall be applicable from 1 January 2006 until the
termination of KEDO or until 31 December 2006, whichever
date occurs first.

take effect on the date of

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 20 March 2006.

For the Council
The President

U. PLASSNIK

(1) OJ L 325, 8.12.2001, p. 1.