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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 25 MAY 1982

ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN ON A EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF THE RECYCLING OF URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE

( 82/403/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 79/968/EEC OF 12 NOVEMBER 1979 ADOPTING A MULTIANNUAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ( 1979 TO 1983 ) FOR THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF THE RECYCLING OF URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE ( SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS ) ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE DRAFT DECISION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF DECISION 79/968/EEC , THE COMMISSION HAS NEGOTIATED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN IN ORDER TO ASSOCIATE THAT COUNTRY WITH THE PROGRAMME ;

WHEREAS THIS AGREEMENT SHOULD BE APPROVED ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN ON A EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF THE RECYCLING OF URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE IS HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY .

THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION .

ARTICLE 2

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE THE PERSONS EMPOWERED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO BIND THE COMMUNITY .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 25 MAY 1982 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

L . TINDEMANS

( 1 ) OJ NO L 293 , 20 . 11 . 1979 , P . 19 .