2008/182/Euratom: Council Decision of 25 February 2008 amending Council Decision of 16 December 1980 setting up the Consultative Committee for the Fusion Programme
Date: 2008-02-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, EU programme, accession to the European Union, advisory committee (EU), nuclear fusion, nuclear research, voting method

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 25 February 2008

amending Council Decision of 16 December 1980 setting up the Consultative Committee for the
Fusion Programme

(2008/182/Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular to the fourth paragraph of
Article 7 thereof,

Having regard to the Council Decision 2006/970/Euratom of
18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework
the European Atomic Energy Community
Programme of
(Euratom) for nuclear research and training activities (1), also
contributing towards
a knowledge-based
the
society, building on the European Research Area,

creation of

Having regard to the Council Decision 2006/976/Euratom of
19 December 2006 concerning the Specific Programme imple-
menting the Seventh Framework Programme of the European
Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for nuclear research and
training activities (2007 to 2011) (2), and in particular
to
for the purposes of
Article 7(2) thereof, that provides that,
implementing the Specific Programme, the Commission shall
be assisted by a Consultative Committee and that, for fusion-
related aspects, the composition of this Committee and the
detailed operational rules and procedures applicable to it shall
be as laid down in the Council Decision of 16 December 1980
setting
Fusion
Programme (3) (hereinafter referred to as the Council Decision
of 16 December 1980 and the CCE-FU, respectively),

a Consultative Committee

the

for

up

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, and in particular
Article 50 thereof,

(1)

(2)

The CCE-FU shall deliver its opinions by means of a
weighted voting system when, acting under paragraph
5(g) of the Council Decision of 16 December 1980, it
defines priority actions with a view to allocation of
preferential support.

On 21 March 2007 the CCE-FU unanimously recom-
mended updating its weighted voting system which
should be applied within the Committee referred to in
paragraph 14 of the Council Decision of 16 December
1980, when dealing with fusion-related aspects, in order
to include the voting rights of the new Member States
following their accession.

(3)

In view of the above,
it is now appropriate to amend
accordingly the Council Decision of 16 December 1980,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

In paragraph 14 of the Council Decision of 16 December 1980,
the last two sentences shall be replaced by the following text:

‘Opinions relating to paragraph 5(g) shall be adopted by the
following weighted voting system:

Having regard to the Council Decision of 16 December 1980,
and in particular to paragraph 14 thereof, that lays down a
voting system for the CCE-FU,

(1) OJ L 400, 30.12.2006, p. 60, as corrected by OJ L 54, 22.2.2007,

p. 21.

(2) OJ L 400, 30.12.2006, p. 404, as corrected by OJ L 54, 22.2.2007,

p. 139.

(3) Not

published,

but

last

amended

by

Council Decision

2005/336/Euratom (OJ L 108, 29.4.2005, p. 64).

Belgium

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Denmark

2

2

2

2

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Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

5

1

2

3

5

2

5

1

1

2

1

2

1

2

2

3

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Switzerland

Total

2

2

1

2

2

2

5

2

64

For the adoption of an opinion, the required majority shall
be 33 votes in favour by at least 15 delegations.’

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2008.

For the Council
The President

A. VIZJAK