Council Decision of 7 November 2006 regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the International Tropical Timber Council on the extension of the International Agreement on Tropical Timber, 1994

8.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 298/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 November 2006
regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the International Tropical Timber Council on the extension of the International Agreement on Tropical Timber, 1994
(2006/C 298/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Whereas:
(1) The International Agreement on Tropical Timber of 1994 has been signed and provisionally applied by the Community by Council Decision 96/493/EC (2).
(2) The successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1994 was successfully concluded within UNCTAD in January 2006.
(3) The International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1994 remains in force until 31 December 2006 unless, in accordance with the provisions of Article 46(3), it is extended beyond that date by decision of the International Tropical Timber Council until such time as the successor Agreement enters into force.
(4) The extension of that Agreement is in the interest of the Community.
(5) The European Community's position in the International Tropical Timber Council should be established,