2006/873/EC: Council Decision of 20 November 2006 on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (PECA)

5.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/43
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 November 2006
on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (PECA)
(2006/873/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) and Article 300(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania of the other part (1), entered into force on 1 February 1995.
(2) Article 75 of the Europe Agreement provides that cooperation in the fields of standardisation and conformity assessment procedures shall seek to achieve the conclusion of agreements on mutual recognition.
(3) Article 110 of the Europe Agreement provides that the Association Council may delegate to the Association Committee any of its powers.
(4) Article 2 of Decision 94/907/EC, ECSC, Euratom of the Council and the Commission of 19 December 1994 on the conclusion of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part (2), provides for the Community decision-making procedures and for the presentation of the Community position in the Association Council and in the Association Committee.
(5) The Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (PECA), has been signed in Bucharest on 27 October 2006, on behalf of the Community, and should be approved.
(6) The appropriate internal procedures should be established to ensure the proper functioning of the Protocol.
(7) It is necessary to empower the Commission, after consultation with a special committee appointed by the Council, to propose certain technical amendments to the Protocol and to take certain decisions for its implementation,