CELEX: 51992PC0212
Language: en
Date: 1992-05-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the approval of the additional Protocol to the Convention on the international Commission for the Protection of the Elbe

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(92) 212 final
                                                   Brussels, 21 May 1992
                                  Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                 concerning the approval of the additional Protocol
                  to the Convention on the International Commission
                            for the Protection of the Elbe
                          (presented by the Commission)
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Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the approval of the additional
Protocol to the Convention on the International Commission for the
Protection of the Elbe
                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. The Convention on the International Commission for the Protection of the
   Elbe was signed in Magdeburg (Germany) on 8 October 1990 by the Federal
   Republic of Germany, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the
   European Economic Community.
2. The Convention was ratified by the Council on 18 November 1991.1
3. The International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe needs legal
   capacity in order to carry out the tasks assigned to it under the
   Convent ion.
4. To this end an additional Protocol to the Convention was signed in
   Magdeburg on 9 December 1991 by the Federal Republic of Germany, the
   Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Community.
5. The Commission proposes that the Council adopt the attached proposal for
   a Decision concerning the approval, on behalf of the Community, of the
   additional Protocol to the Convention on the International Commission
   for the Protection of the Elbe.
1   0J L 321, 23.11.1991
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Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the approval of the additional
Protocol to the Convention on the International Commission for the
Protection of the Elbe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 130s thereof.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 2
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Commit tee, 3
Whereas, by Council Decision 91/598/EEC of 18 November 1991, 4 the
Community approved the Convention on the International Commission for the
Protection of the Elbe;
Whereas it is essential that the International Commission established by
that Convention be given legal personality and capacity in order that it
may carry out its tasks;
Whereas, to this end, an additional Protocol to the Convention was adopted
 in Magdeburg on 9 December 1991; whereas the Protocol has been signed on
behalf of the Community;
Whereas it is therefore necessary that the Community approve the Protocol,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                   Art icle 1
The additional Protocol to the Convention on the International Commission
for the Protection of the Elbe is hereby approved on behalf of the European
Econom i c Commun i t y.
The text of the Protocol   is attached hereto.
1   SEC(90)1399 final.
2
3
4   OJ L 321, 23.11.1991, p.24
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The President of the Council will, on behalf of the European Economic
Community, inform the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, in its
capacity as depositary State, that the preconditions for the entry into
force of the Protocol have been fulfilled as far as the Community is
concerned, in accordance with Article 2 of the Protocol.
Done at Brussels,                               For the Council
                                                The President
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                 Protokoll
zu der Vereinbarung vom 8. Oktober 1990
   zwischen den Regierungen der
    Bundesrepublik Deutschland,
der Tschechischen und Slowakischen
           Fôderativen Republik und
 der Europâischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft
     iiber die Internationale Kommission
              zum Schutz der Elbe.
 ---pagebreak--- Die Regierungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der
Tschechischen und Slowakischen Foderativen Republik
und die Europaische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft
unter Bezugnahme auf die Vereinbarung vom
8. Oktober 1990 iiber die Internationale Kommission
zum Schutz der Elbe
haben folgendes vereinbart:
                      Artikel 1
Zur Erfiillung der ihr in der Vereinbarung zuge-
wiesenen Aufgaben besitzt die Kommission Rechts-
und Geschaftsfahigkeit nach dem am Sitz ihres
Sekretariats geltenden Recht. Sie besitzt insbeson-
dere die Fahigkeit, die fur die Erfiillung ihrer
aufgaben notwendigen Vertrage zu schlieflen, unbe-
wegliches und bewegliches Vermogen zu erwerben und
zu verauflern, sowie vor Gericht aufzutreten. Zu
diesem Zweck wird die Kommission von ihrem Prasi-
denten vertreten. Der Prasident kann nach MaBgabe
der Geschaftsordnung seine Vertretung regeln.
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Dieses Protokoll tritt 30 Tage nach dem Tag in
Kraft, an dem alle Unterzeichner der Regierung der
Bundesrepublik Deutschland als Verwahrer mitgeteilt
haben, dafl die nach eigenem Recht jeweils erforder-
lichen innerstaatlichen Voraussetzungen fur das
Inkrafttreten erfiillt sind.
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in einer Urschrift in deutscher und
tschechischer Sprache, wobei jeder Wortlaut
gleichermaflen verbindlich ist.
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Bundesrepublik Deutschland
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