2007/585/EC: Council Decision of 10 July 2007 on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel
Date: 2007-07-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU programme, EU research policy, Israel, cooperation agreement (EU), ratification of an agreement, scientific cooperation, technical cooperation

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

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 10 July 2007

on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation
between the European Community and the State of Israel

(2007/585/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the
conclusion of the said Agreement.

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

establishing the European
in conjunction
the first subparagraph of Article

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of
the
Community an Agreement on Scientific and Techno-
also
logical Cooperation with the State of
providing for provisional application of
the renewed
Agreement as of 1 January 2007. Provisional application
would enable Israeli entities to participate in the first calls
for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme.

Israel

The negotiations
resulted in the draft Agreement
initialled on 15 February 2007 by the authorised repre-
sentatives of the two Parties.

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The signing of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Coop-
eration between the European Community and the State of
Israel and the Joint Declaration attached to the Agreement is

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of
the Community subject to its conclusion.

Article 3

The Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
between the European Community and the State of
Israel
shall be applied provisionally.

Article 4

adopt

the position of

The Commission shall

1.
the
Community to be taken in the EC/Israel Research Committee
the Agreement with regard to
established by Article 4 of
Decisions
the
Agreement on the applicability in Israel of the rules for the
establishment of
the legal structures created under Articles
169 and 171 of the EC Treaty.

according to Section I.1 of Annex I of

adopt

the position of

The Commission shall

2.
the
Community to be taken in the EC/Israel Research Committee
established by Article 4 of
the Agreement with regard to
Decisions according to Article 4(2) of the Agreement identifying
regions of Israel that may be eligible regions benefiting from
‘Research
research actions under
the Work Programme
Potential’ under the specific ‘Capacities’ programme.

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

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 10 July 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS