41990X0703(03)

CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MINISTERS OF EDUCATION MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 31 May 1990

on the preparation of a new Convention concerning the European Schools

(90/C 162/04)

THE COUNCIL AND THE MINISTERS OF EDUCATION MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

Taking into account the views of the Board of Governors of the European Schools,

Request that a draft convention should be prepared, codifying the Statute of the European School and the Protocol concerning the creation of European Schools, signed in Luxembourg on 12 April 1957, the additional protocols signed in Luxembourg on 13 April 1962 and in Luxembourg on 15 December 1975, as well as the accession agreements concerning new Member States beyond the original Six.

A working draft of this convention will be submitted by the Commission for examination by the Education Committee and the Permanent Representatives Committee (acting as representatives of the governments of the Member States), without prejudice to the regulations and practices existing in the Member States for the establishment of multilateral agreements. The Board of Governors of the European Schools is invited to submit any suggestions which experience in the operation of the schools has shown to be necessary. The new convention should be finalized by an intergovernmental conference at ministerial level, to be held before the end of 1991 and opened for signature, with subsequent ratification by the Member States in conformity with their respective constitutional rules.