30.4.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L1141 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION OF THE COUNCIL, AND OF THE COMMISSION AS REGARDS THE AGREEMENT ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (2002/309/EC, Euratom) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3), and Article 300(4) thereof, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 101 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1), Having regard to the approval of the Council, Whereas: (1) In order to pursue the privileged links between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation and their common desire to widen and strengthen their relations, the following agreements were signed on 21 June 1999 and should be approved: — Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, —  Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport, () 0] C 41,7.2.2001, p. 25. —  Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Carriage of Goods and Passengers by Rail and Road, —  Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Trade in Agricultural Products, —  Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Mutual Recognition in Relation to Conformity Assessment, —  Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Certain Aspects of Government Procurement, — Agreement on Scientific and Technological Coop- eration between the European Communities and the Swiss Confederation. The seven agreements are intimately linked to one another by the requirement that they are to come into force at the same time and that they are to cease to apply at the same time, six months after the receipt of a non-renewal or denunciation notice concerning any one of them. As regards the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons, the undertakings contained in the Agreement that fall within the scope of Part Three, Title IV of the Treaty establishing the European Community are not binding on the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as obligations under Community law but as obligations arising from an undertaking between those Member States and the Swiss Confederation.