The Council hereby authorises the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council to act as the representative of the Member States concerned (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom), with respect to:
(a)the execution of a call for tenders for the provision of services concerning a communication infrastructure for the Schengen environment, pending its migration to a communication infrastructure at the charge of the European Community;
(b)the conclusion and management of the contracts for the provision of such services.