2006/914/EC: Council Decision of 13 November 2006 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Kingdom of Norway on the revision of the amount of the financial contribution from Norway provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway on the participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
Date: 2006-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Norway, agreement (EU), financing, ratification of an agreement

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 13 November 2006

concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Kingdom of
Norway on the revision of the amount of the financial contribution from Norway provided for in
the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway on the
participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
Addiction (EMCDDA)

(2006/914/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 152 in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and
the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

Norway has requested the revision of its financial contri-
bution to the work of the EMCDDA, following the enlar-
gement of the European Union.

the amount of

the
The Commission has negotiated on behalf of
an Agreement with Norway on the
Community
revision of
the financial contribution
from Norway provided for in the Agreement between
the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway
the
on the participation of Norway in the work of
European Monitoring Centre
and Drug
Addiction.

for Drugs

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 of 8 February 1993
on the establishment of a European Monitoring Centre
for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2) provides, in Article 13
thereof, that the Centre is to be open to the participation
of non-Community countries which share the Commu-
nity's interests and those of its Member States in the
Centre's objectives and work.

and Drug Addiction (3) was

The Agreement between the European Community and
the Kingdom of Norway on the participation of Norway
the European Monitoring Centre for
in the work of
signed on 19
Drugs
October 2000 and entered into force on 1 January
2001. Article 5 of
that Agreement provides for the
financial contribution from Norway to the work of the
European Monitoring Centre
and Drug
Addiction (EMCDDA).

for Drugs

(1) Opinion delivered on 24 October 2006 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 36, 12.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1651/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 30).

(3) OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 24.

(5)

The Agreement initialled on 11 November 2005 should
be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the
Kingdom of Norway on the revision of the amount of the
in the
financial
contribution from Norway provided for
Agreement between the European Community
and the
Kingdom of Norway on the participation of Norway in the
work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
the
Addiction (EMCDDA)
Community.

is hereby approved on behalf of

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

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Article 2

Article 4

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to
bind the Community.

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

Article 3

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to transmit
the diplomatic note
provided for in Article 3 of the Agreement.

For the Council
The President

E. TUOMIOJA

Done at Brussels, 13 November 2006.