2007/502/EC,Euratom: Decision of the Council and of the Commission of 25 June 2007 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, and provisional application 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: 2007-06-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Subjects: EAEC, EU programme, EU research policy, Switzerland, cooperation agreement (EU), scientific cooperation, signature of an agreement, technical cooperation

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

DECISIONS

COUNCIL AND COMMISSION

DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE COMMISSION

of 25 June 2007

on the signing, on behalf of the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community,
and provisional application 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

(2007/502/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COMMISSION
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

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

Article 1

1. The signing of the Agreement on Scientific and Technolo-
gical Cooperation between the European Community and the
European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the
Swiss Confederation, of the other part, together with the Final
Act, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community
and the European Atomic Energy Community, subject to the
conclusion of the said Agreement.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

2. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Whereas:

Article 2

(1)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of
the
Communities, an Agreement on Scientific and Technolo-
gical Cooperation between the European Community and
the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part,
and the Swiss Confederation, the other part, which also
provides for provisional application of the Agreement as of
1 January 2007. Provisional application would enable Swiss
entities to participate in the first calls for proposals under
the Seventh Framework Programme.

the Council

1. The President of
is hereby authorised to
designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement and
the Final Act on behalf of the European Community, subject to
the conclusion of the said Agreement.

2. The President of the Commission is hereby authorised to
designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement and
the Final Act on behalf of
the European Atomic Energy
Community, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.

(2)

The Agreement was initialled on 27 February 2007.

Article 3

(3)

The Agreement should be signed and applied on a
provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures
for its formal conclusion,

The Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
between the European Community and the European Atomic
Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confedera-
tion, of the other part, shall be applied provisionally.

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Article 4

1. The Commission shall adopt the position of the Commu-
nities to be taken in the Switzerland/Communities Research
Committee established by Article 10 of
the Framework
Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between
the European Communities and the Swiss Confederation (1) with
regard to decisions pursuant to Article 2(1) of the Agreement on
the applicability in Switzerland of the rules for the establishment
of the legal structures created under Articles 169 and 171 of the
EC Treaty.

2. The Commission shall adopt the position of the Commu-
nities to be taken in the Switzerland/Communities Research
the Framework
Committee established by Article 10 of
Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between
the European Communities and the Swiss Confederation with
regard to decisions pursuant to Article 6(2) and (3) of the

identifying regions of Switzerland that may be
Agreement
eligible regions benefiting from research actions under the Work
Programme ‘Research Potential’ under the specific ‘Capacities’
programme.

Article 5

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

Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2007.

For the Council

The President

A. SCHAVAN

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 313, 22.11.1985, p. 6.