Council Common Position 2007/762/CFSP of 22 November 2007 on participation by the European Union in the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO)
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: North Korea, South Korea, cooperation policy, nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear reactor, the EU's international role

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2007/762/CFSP

of 22 November 2007

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

objective of protecting the Community's financial and
legal
interests in the orderly winding up of KEDO, to
be implemented as soon as possible.

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

(7)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

of

the

basis

Common

On
Position
Council
2001/869/CFSP of 6 December 2001 on participation
by the European Union in the Korean Peninsula Energy
Development Organisation (KEDO) (1),
the European
to
Union has participated in the KEDO,
contribute to finding an overall solution to the issue of
nuclear non-proliferation in the Korean Peninsula.

in order

of

the

basis

Common

On
Position
Council
2006/244/CFSP of 20 March 2006 on participation by
the European Union in the Korean Peninsula Energy
Development Organisation (KEDO) (2),
the European
Union has participated in the process to terminate the
light water reactor project and to wind up KEDO in an
orderly manner.

The EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of
Mass Destruction, adopted by the European Council on
12 December 2003, attaches particular importance to
compliance by all parties with the provisions of
the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

The Executive Board of KEDO decided in May 2007 that
KEDO's future activities would be limited to defending its
financial and legal
interests in an orderly winding up
process, to be implemented as soon as possible.

There is consensus amongst members of the Executive
Board of KEDO to continue cooperation with the
objective of implementing the termination of the light
reactor project and an orderly winding-up of
water
KEDO.

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

(1) OJ L 325, 8.12.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 73.

The existing detailed arrangements for the representation
of the European Union on the Executive Board of KEDO
should be kept in place. In that connection, the Council
and the Commission have agreed that if, in spite of its
decision of May 2007, the Executive Board of KEDO
falling outside
to address
were
the
Euratom's competence,
Council which should take the floor
to express a
position on such matters, as determined by the Council.

any new matter
is

the Presidency of

it

(8)

Common Position 2006/244/CFSP
December 2006 and should be
Common Position,

expired on 31
replaced by this

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

this Common Position is to enable the
The objective of
European Union to protect its interests in the orderly winding
up of KEDO, to be implemented as soon as possible, but by 31
May 2012, at the latest.

Article 2

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

2.
The Presidency shall therefore be fully associated with the
proceedings of the Executive Board of KEDO in accordance with
this Common Position.

3.
The Commission shall regularly report to the Council on
the situation of the winding up process, on an annual basis and
as the need arises, under the authority of the Presidency assisted
by the Secretary-General/High Representative for the CFSP. The
reports shall contain detailed information, in particular, on all
measures, taken by the Executive Board of KEDO, in order to
implement as soon as possible the orderly winding-up of
KEDO.

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Article 3

Article 4

This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its

1.
adoption.

This Common Position shall expire on 31 May 2012.

It shall apply until 31 May 2008.

Subject

to Article 4,

2.
this Common
Position shall be automatically renewed each year on 1 June
for a period of one year, unless the Council decides otherwise.

the application of

The application of this Common Position may be terminated at
any time by the Council, in particular, if it should emerge that
the
any of
European Union in KEDO is not being complied with (sole
objective of winding up KEDO, participation of all current
members of KEDO, no financial contribution).

the political conditions for the participation of

Article 5

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

M. PINHO