2008/270/EC,Euratom: Decision of the Council and of the Commission of 25 February 2008 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community and 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: 2008-02-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Subjects: EAEC, EU research policy, Switzerland, cooperation agreement (EU), scientific cooperation, technical cooperation, technology

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

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL AND COMMISSION

DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE COMMISSION

of 25 February 2008

concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community and 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

(2008/270/EC, Euratom)

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

one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part
(the Agreement), also providing for
its provisional
application.

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) and
Article 300(3) thereof,

(2)

The Agreement was signed by the representatives of the
Parties on 25 June 2007 in Luxembourg, subject to its
conclusion at a later date.

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

(3)

The Agreement should be approved,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

Whereas:

Article 1

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

(1)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of
the
Communities, an Agreement on Scientific and Techno-
logical Cooperation between the European Community
and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the

Article 2

the Council, on behalf of

the European
The President of
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.

(1) Opinion of 23 October 2007 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 26.

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Article 3

1.
The Agreement is related to the seven agreements signed with Switzerland on 21 June 1999 and
concluded by Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council and of the Commission, as regards the
Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven
Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (1).

2.

It shall not be renewed in case the agreements referred to in paragraph 1 have been terminated.

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2008.

For the Council
The President
A. VIZJAK

For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.