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- THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Tr…
- 1 The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement for sc…
- 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to desig…
- 3 The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis as f…
- 4 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its ad…
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 186, in conjunction with Article 218(5),Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:
(1)Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) (‘Horizon 2020’) was established by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and the Councilnote for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.
(2)On 18 March 2014 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations, on behalf of the Union, with the Faroe Islands, in order to conclude an agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Faroe Islands associating the Faroe Islands to Horizon 2020.
(3)Those negotiations have been successfully completed and the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Faroe Islands associating the Faroe Islands to Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) (‘Agreement’) should be signed and applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1#
The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Faroe Islands associating the Faroe Islands to Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2#
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
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