22.3.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 81/1 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM) No 300/2007 of 19 February 2007 establishing an Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 203 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Whereas: The European Community is a major provider of economic, financial, technical, humanitarian and macro- economic assistance to third countries. In order to make the European Community’s external aid more effective, a new framework has been devised for the planning and provision of assistance, including the following Regu- lations: Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) (3) to cover Community assistance for candidate countries and potential candidate countries, Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (}), Regu- lation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (¥), Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an Instrument for Stability (°), Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy (') Opinion of 14 December 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 82. () OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 1. ( O] L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41. () O] L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 1. and human rights worldwide (°), and Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 of 21 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (7). The present Regulation is a complementary instrument aimed at supporting the promotion of a high level of nuclear safety, radiation protection and the application of efficient and effective safeguards of nuclear material in third countries. The Chernobyl accident in 1986 highlighted the global importance of nuclear safety. In order to fulfil the objective of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (the Euratom Treaty) to create the conditions of safety necessary to eliminate hazards to the life and health of the public, the European Atomic Energy Community (the ‘Community) should be able to support nuclear safety in third countries. By Commission Decision 1999/819/Euratom (%) the Community acceded to the 1994 Convention on Nuclear Safety, which has as one of its objectives to achieve and maintain a high level of nuclear safety ~ worldwide. By =~ Commission  Decision 2005/510/Euratom (°) the Community also acceded to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, which has as one of its objectives to achieve and maintain a high level of safety in spent fuel and radioactive waste management worldwide. The two Conventions aim to realise these objectives through the enhancement of national measures and international cooperation including, where appropriate, safety-related cooperation. () OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 1. () OJ L 405, 30.12.2006, p. 41. Regulation as corrected in O] L 29, 32,2007, p. 16. (®) OJ L 318, 11.12.1999, p. 20. Decision as amended by Decision 2004/491/Euratom (O] L 172, 6.5.2004, p. 7). () O] L 185, 16.7.2005, p. 33.