8.12.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 323/13 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 12 October 2006 on the signature, on behalf of the Community, of the Protocol on the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the field of transport (Transport Protocol) (2007/799/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71 in conjunction with Article 300 paragraph 2, first sentence of the first subparagraph thereof, Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, 4 A Protocol on the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the field of Transport, based on Article 2(2) and (3) of the Alpine Convention, was adopted on 24-26 May 2000 on the occasion of the 16th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Alpine Convention. The Transport Protocol provides a framework, based on the precautionary principle, the preventive principle and the polluter-pays principle, for ensuring sustainable mobility and protection of the environment, for all modes of transport, in the Alpine region. Whereas: (6) The Transport Protocol, pursuant to Article 24 thereof, was open for signature by the Contracting Parties at the (1) Promoting measures at international level to deal with Ministerial meeting of the Alpine Convention held in regional and European problems hindering sustainable mobility in transport and resulting in risks to the en- vironment is one of the objectives of the Community’s policy on transport. Lucerne on 30 and 31 October 2000, and in the Republic of Austria, as the depository, thereafter. Preponderant Community competence linked with the principle of unity in the international representation of (20 The Council authorised the Commission on 14 May . ” . . L Lo the Community militate in favour of simultaneous 1991 to participate, on behalf of the Community, in . . . e . . signature and eventual deposit of the respective the negotiations on the Alpine Convention and the . e . . : : ) instruments of ratification or approval, if possible, by protocols thereto, in consultation with the Member . . . States. the Community and its Member States, which are contracting parties to the Convention. (3) By Council Decision 96/191/EC (1), the Community concluded the Convention on the Protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention). () O] L 61, 12.3.1996, p. 31. It is convenient that the Protocol on the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the field of Transport (Transport Protocol) be signed, on behalf of the Community, subject to subsequent conclusion,