CELEX: 51989PC0482
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-12
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND, THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY, THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON TRADE ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE USING THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS ( TEDIS )

No C 285/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              11. 11. 89
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the
             European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the
             Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss
            Confederation on trade electronic data interchange using the communications networks (Tedis)
                                                     COM(89) 482 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission on 18 October 1989)
                                                        (89/C 285/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Council Decision 89/241 EEC also authorized
                                                                  the Commission to negotiate such agreements with the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             member countries of the European Free Trade Associ-
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                 ation ;
thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the agreement between the European Economic
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                Community and Republic of Austria, Republic of
                                                                  Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of
                                                                  Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Swiss
Having regard      to  the   opinion    of   the   European
                                                                  Confederation on trade electronic data interchange
Parliament,
                                                                  should therefore be approved on behalf of the European
                                                                  Economic Community,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Whereas by Decision 87/499/EEC of 5 October
1987 (') the Council adopted a Community programme                                          Article 1
on trade electronic data interchange using the communi-           The agreement between the European Economic
cations networks (hereinafter referred to as 'Tedis');            Community and Republic of Austria, Republic of
                                                                  Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of
Whereas by Decision 89/241/EEC (2) the Council                    Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Swiss
adopted an amendment to the basic Decision                        Confederation on trade electronic data interchange is
87/499/EEC in order to enable firms in non-member                 hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
countries with which the European                 Economic
Community has concluded agreements to take part in the            The text of the agreement appears in the Annex to this
Tedis programme;                                                  Decision (*).
                                                                                            Article 2
(') OJ No L 285 of 8. 10. 1987, p. 35.                            The President of the Council will carry out the notifi-
O OJ No L 97 of 11. 4. 1989, p. 46.                               cation provided for in Article 8 of the Agreement.
                                                                   (*) The complete text of COM(89) 482 is published in the
                                                                       'Documents' series (OPOCE).