2008/645/EC: Council Decision of 15 July 2008 amending Decision 97/126/EC concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Denmark, European Community, Faroes, joint committee (EU), trade agreement (EU)

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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 15 July 2008

amending Decision 97/126/EC concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the European
Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the
Faeroe Islands, of the other part

(2008/645/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with
the first sentence of Article 300(2) thereof,

in

accordance with

established by Article 31 of the Agreement should be
Council Decision
adopted
1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures for
implementing powers
the exercise of
conferred on the Commission (2).

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(4)

Decision 97/126/EC should therefore be
accordingly,

amended

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

Council Decision 97/126/EC of 6 December 1996 (1)
concerns the conclusion of an agreement between the
European Community, of
and the
Government of Denmark and the Home Government
of
(hereinafter
the Faeroe Islands, of
referred to as the Agreement).

the one part,

the other part

In accordance with Article 31 of the Agreement, a Joint
Committee has been established which is be responsible
for the administration of the Agreement and ensures its
proper implementation. For that purpose the Committee
makes recommendations and takes decisions, which are
put into effect by the Contracting Parties in accordance
with their own rules. To that end, it should be explicitly
stated in Decision 97/126/EC that the Commission is
authorised to adopt such detailed implementing rules,
where necessary.

(3)

The measures necessary for
the implementation of
recommendations and decisions of the Joint Committee

In Decision 97/126/EC the following Articles shall be added:

Article 1

‘Article 3

for

the implementation of

The Commission shall, where necessary, adopt the detailed
rules
recommendations and
decisions of the Joint Committee established by Article 31
of
in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 4(2) of this Decision.

the Agreement

Article 4

The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
1.
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets established by Article 195 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a
and on
common organisation of
specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single
CMO Regulation) (*).

agricultural markets

(1) OJ L 53, 22.2.1997, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4
and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999
laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission (**) shall apply.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision
1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

___________
(*) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008,
p. 61).

(**) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by
Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).’

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2008.

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER