Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part.
Date: 2015-11-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: South Korea, cooperation agreement (EU), ratification of an agreement, satellite navigation

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 25.11.2015  COM(2015) 582 final 2015/0265 (NLE)   Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part.  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

The Republic of Korea is a country with capabilities in the space technology and applications. 
It is an active user of satellite navigation services in various sectors including transport, fleet 
management , science and geodesy. 

The  European  Commission,  on  the  basis  of  Council  authorisation  given  on  18  July  2005, 
negotiated  a  Cooperation  agreement  on  a  Civil  Global  Navigation  Satellite  System  (GNSS) 
between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of 
Korea, of the other part( hereinafter referred to as 'the Agreement). The Agreement was then 
signed  on  9  September  2006  pursuant  to  Council  decision  on  the  signing  of  1  September 
2006. 

The  signatory  Member  States  of  the  European  Union  and  the  Republic  of  Korea  have 
completed their procedures related to the entry into force of the Agreement. 

In  accordance  with  Article 218(6)  of the Treaty on the Functioning  of the European Union, 
the Commission proposes to the Council a Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on 
behalf of the European Union after consent of the European Parliament. 

Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania are to become parties to the Agreement by the conclusion of a 
protocol in accordance with Art 6(2) of the Acts concerning the conditions of accession of the 
Republic  of  Bulgaria  and  Romania  and  of  the  Republic  of  Croatia  respectively  and  the 
adjustments to the treaties on which the European Union is founded. 

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2015/0265 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite 
System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States of the one 
part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part. 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 172, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament1, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

In  accordance  with  Council  Decision  2006/700/EC  of  1  September  20062,  the 
Cooperation  Agreement  on  a  Civil  Global  Navigation  Satellite  System  (GNSS) 
between  the  European  Community  and  its  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the 
Republic  of  Korea,  of  the  other  part,  was  signed  on  9  September  2006  subject to  its 
conclusion at a later date. 

(2) 

The Agreement is to encourage, facilitate and enhance cooperation between the Parties 
in civil global satellite navigation.   

(3) 

The agreement should be approved on behalf of the European Union. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

Article 1 

The Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between 
the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, 
of the other part is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.  

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision. 

Article 2 

The  President  of  the  Council  shall  designate  the  person  empowered,  on  behalf  of  the 
European Union to send the notification, provided for in Article 18(1) of the Agreement, in 
order to express the consent of the European Union to be bound by the Agreement and shall 
make the following notification: 

'As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the 
European  Union  has  replaced  and  succeeded  the  European  Community  and  from  that  date 
exercises  all  rights  and  assumes  all  obligations  of  the  European  Community.  Therefore, 

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Consent given on […201.]. 
OJ L 288 of 19/10/2006, p. 30. 

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references to “the European Community” in the text of the Agreement are to be read as to “the 
European Union”'. 

Article 3 

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  of  its  adoption.  It  shall  be  published  in  the 
Official Journal of the European Union3. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European 
Union by the General Secretariat of the Council. 

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