Proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Additional Protocol to the EEC/Cyprus Association Agreement to associate Cyprus to the Fifth Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (1998-2002)
30. 3. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 89/31 Proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Additional Protocol to the EEC/Cyprus Association Agreement to associate Cyprus with the Fifth Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (1998-2002) (1999/C 89/04) COM(1999) 57 final — 99/0049(ACC) (Submitted by the Commission on 15 February 1999) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in Community, and conjunction with Article 228(2) first subparagraph of Article 228(3) thereof, in particular Article 130M, and the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard Parliament, to the opinion of the European Whereas the Agreement establishing an association (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Association Agreement’) between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus, (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cyprus’) entered into force on 1 June 1973; technical Whereas a Protocol on cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and Cyprus of the other part, was signed on 30 October 1995; financial and Whereas the conclusions of the Luxembourg European Council of 12-13 December 1997 confirmed the possibility of associating candidate countries with the Community’s Framework Programme in the field of research and technological development as one of the instruments of the pre-accession strategy to be applied to these countries; Whereas Cyprus has formally informed the European Commission on 7 April 1998 that they wish such an association; Whereas by its Decision of 13 October 1998, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate an Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’); Whereas, by Decision No. /. /EC, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted a Framework Program of European Community activities in the field of research and technological development and demonstration (1998-2002) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Fifth Framework Program’); Whereas the Protocol to associate Cyprus with the Fifth Framework Programme should be approved and signed on behalf of the Community, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The Protocol, attached to this Decision, approved. is hereby Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to appoint the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the Community. Article 3 Pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol, the President of the Council shall give notification that the procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Protocol have been the European Community. completed on the part of