L 20828 Official Journal of the European Union 29.7.2006 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 17 July 2006 on relations between the European Community on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/526EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 187 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: The Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the European Communities (*) (The Greenland Treaty), which entered into force on 1 February 1985, provides that the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty) shall no longer apply to Greenland, but that Greenland, being a part of a Member State shall be associated to the European Community as one of the overseas countries and terri- tories (OCTs). In its preamble, the Greenland Treaty states that arrangements should be introduced which permit close and lasting links between the Community and Greenland to be maintained and mutual interests, notably the devel- opment needs of Greenland, to be taken into account and that the arrangements applicable to OCTs set out in Part Four of the EC Treaty provide an appropriate framework for these relations. () O L 29, 1.2.1985, p. 1. () In accordance with Article 182 of the EC Treaty, the purpose of association is to promote the economic and social development of the OCTs and to establish close economic relations between them and the Community as a whole. Pursuant to Article 188 of the EC Treaty, the provisions of Articles 182 to 187 apply to Greenland, subject to the specific provisions set out in the Protocol on special arrangements for Greenland annexed to the Treaty. The provisions for the application of the principles set out in Articles 182 to 186 of the EC Treaty are set out in Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and terri- tories with the European Community (Overseas Asso- ciation Decision) (%), which continues to apply to Greenland under the conditions laid down in that Decision. The Council of the European Union in its conclusions of 24 February 2003 on the Mid-term Review of the Fourth Fisheries protocol between the European Community, the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, agreed that there is a need to broaden and strengthen future relations between the EU and Greenland taking into account the importance of fisheries and the structural development problems in Greenland. The Council further expressed its commitment to base the future relationship of the EU with Greenland after 2006 on a comprehensive part- nership for sustainable development which will include a specific fisheries agreement, negotiated according to the general rules and principles for such agreements. () O] L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.