2006/365/EC,Euratom: Decision of the Council and of the Commission of  15 May 2006  on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community and of the European Atomic Energy Community of the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part
Date: 2006-05-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, cooperation agreement (EU), ratification of an agreement, scientific cooperation, technical cooperation

23.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 135/13

COUNCIL AND COMMISSION

DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE COMMISSION

of 15 May 2006

on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community and of the European Atomic Energy
Community of the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss
Confederation, of the other part

(2006/365/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

The Agreement should be approved,

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 170 in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof, and Article 300(3), first subparagraph,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of
Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of
the
Communities, an Agreement on Scientific and Techno-
logical Cooperation with the Swiss Confederation, which
also provides for provisional application of the renewed
Agreement.

The Agreement was signed by the representatives of the
Parties on 16 January 2004 in Brussels, and has been
provisionally applied from 1 January 2004, subject to its
conclusion at a later date.

The Agreement should be concluded in such a way that
the languages of all Member States are authentic. This
should be done via an Exchange of Letters.

Article 1

The Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
between the European Community and the European Atomic
the one part, and the Swiss Confe-
Energy Community, of
deration of the other part,
is hereby approved on behalf of
the European Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community (2).

Article 2

the Council, on behalf of

The President of
the European
Community, and the President of the Commission, on behalf
of the European Atomic Energy Community, shall make the
notification provided for in Article 14 of the Agreement and
shall be authorised to approve with the Swiss Confederation, by
means of an Exchange of Letters, that the text of the Agreement
is authentic in all the languages of the Member States following
the enlargement of 1 May 2004.

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2006.

For the Council
The President

For the Commission
The President

U. PLASSNIK

José Manuel BARROSO

(1) Opinion delivered on 13 December 2005 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) For the text of the Agreement, see OJ L 32, 5.2.2004, p. 23.