CELEX: 51983PC0106(01)
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY CONCERNING DIRECT INSURANCE OTHER THAN LIFE ASSURANCE

13. 6. 83                        Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 154/33
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Requests the Commission to present to it, in good               Instructs the Permanent Representatives Committee
time, any proposals which may prove necessary in                to prepare the ground for implementing point I of
order to gradually supplement and adapt the series              this resolution and to report to it, before each meet-
of measures and the timetable in the light of new               ing on transport, on the implementation of the pro-
circumstances,                                                  gramme.
               Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the Swiss
             Confederation and the European Economic Community on direct insurance other than life
                                                      assurance
               Proposal for a Council Directive on the implementation of the Agreement between the
              Swiss Confederation and the European Economic Community on direct insurance other
                                                 than life assurance
                           (Submittedby the Commission to the Councilor! 2 March 1983)
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               Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the Swiss
             Confederation and the European Economic Community on direct insurance other than life
                                                     assurance
            THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
            Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
            particular Article 113 thereof,
            Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
             Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
             Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,
             Whereas it is desirable to conclude the Agreement with Switzerland on direct insur-
             ance other than life assurance, signed a t . . . on ...,
            HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                      Article 1
            The Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the European Economic Com-
            munity on direct insurance other than life assurance is hereby approved on behalf of
            the Community.
            The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision.
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                                                          Article 2
           The President of the Council shall take the measures necessary for the exchange of
           instruments provided for in Article 42 of the Agreement (').
                                                       AGREEMENT
                 between the Swiss Confederation and the European Economic Community on direct
                                            insurance other than life assurance
            THE SWISS CONFEDERATION,
            of the one part, and
           THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY;
            of the other part,
            CONSIDERING the close relations which exist between Switzerland and the Community,
            DESIRING to avail themselves of the occasion offered by the establishment of a unified Com-
            munity insurance market to consolidate existing economic relations between the two Parties in
            this field, to promote, under fair conditions of competition, the harmonious development of these
            relations by ensuring protection for insured persons,
            RESOLVED to that end to remove obstacles to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of
            direct insurance other than life assurance on a reciprocal and non-discriminatory basis safe-
            guarded by the necessary legal conditions in respect of supervision, and thus to introduce
            between themselves freedom of establishment in this field,
            OBSERVING that it is in the interest of their economies to develop and strengthen their relations
            in this way in a field which up to now has not been governed by contractual rules, and to contri-
            bute thus to the coordination of economic law between the two Parties,
             DECLARE themselves ready to consider in the light of any relevant factor, and particularly of
            the evolution of Community insurance law, the possibility of concluding other agreements in res-
            pect of private insurance,
             HAVE AGREED in pursuit of these aims to conclude the present Agreement and to this end
             have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
             THE SWISS CONFEDERATION:
                     Mr        ;
             THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY:
                     Mr        ;
             WHO, having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
             (')  The date of the entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of
                   the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.