CELEX: 51993PC0061
Language: en
Date: 1993-02-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion by the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community of the Convention defining the Statue of the European Schools

2 . 4 . 93                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 93 / 1
                                                                   II
                                                         (Preparatory Acts)
                                                    COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion by the European Economic Community and
               the European Atomic Energy Community of the Convention defining the Statute of the European
                                                                Schools
                                                           (93 /C 93 / 01
                                                         COM(93) 61 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 19 February 1993)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            order to ensure the attainment of the objectives of the
                                                                       European Economic Community and of the European
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Atomic Energy Community;
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
 thereof,                                                              Whereas the European Economic Community and the
                                                                       European Atomic Energy Community will participate in
                                                                       the implementation of the Convention by exercising the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 powers arising from the rules laid down by the Convention
 Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 203                and by such future acts as they may adopt in accordance
 thereof,                                                             with the terms of the Convention;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                  Whereas it is accordingly necessary for the European
                                                                      Communities to conclude the said Convention;
 Having regard to        the   opinion   of the European              Whereas the sole powers of action available for the
 Parliament,                                                          adoption of this Decision are those laid down in
                                                                      Article 235 of the EEC Treaty and Article 203 of the
 Whereas die European Communities are concerned to                    Euratom Treaty,
 provide for die joint education of die children of their staff
 in the European Schools as a way of ensuring the proper              HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
 operation of the Community institutions and of facilitating
the accomplishment of their tasks; whereas, to this end, on
                                                                                               Article 1
 12 April 1957 the original Member States signed the
 Convention defining the Statute of the European Schools;             The Convention defining the Statute of the European
                                                                      Schools is hereby approved on behalf of the European
Whereas, on 31 May 1990, the Council and the Ministers                Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy
of Education meeting within the Council called for a new              Community. The text of the Convention is attached
Convention concerning the European Schools to be                      hereto .
drafted with a view to lending greater efficiency to the
operation of the Schools and greater recognition to the                                        Article 2
role played by the Community therein;
                                                                      The President of the Council shall deposit the instrument
Whereas the participation of the Communities in the                   of approval in accordance with Article 33 of the
implementation of the said Convention is necessary in                 Convention.