CELEX: 32007D0005
Language: en
Date: 2007-01-01 00:00:00
Title: 2007/5/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 1 January 2007 determining the order in which the office of President of the Council shall be held

4.1.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 1/11
            
         
      COUNCIL DECISION
   
   of 1 January 2007
   determining the order in which the office of President of the Council shall be held
   (2007/5/EC, Euratom)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 203 thereof,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 116 thereof,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1) and 41(1) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               By Decision 2005/902/EC, Euratom (1) the Council established the order in which the office of President of the Council was to be held for the Member States of the European Union at the date of 1 January 2006.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The European Union was enlarged on 1 January 2007 to include two new Member States.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The order in which the office of President of the Council shall be held should accordingly be determined taking into account the new Member States, and a new Decision should be adopted to replace Decision 2005/902/EC, Euratom of 12 December 2005,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   1.   The order in which the Member States shall hold the Presidency of the Council from 1 January 2007 is set out in the Annex hereto.
   2.   The Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Member States concerned, may decide that a Member State may hold the Presidency during a period other than that resulting from the order established in the Annex hereto.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2007.
   Decision 2005/902/EC, Euratom shall be repealed.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      Done at Brussels, 1 January 2007.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         F.-W. STEINMEIER
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 328, 12.12.2005, p. 60.
   
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