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( 1 ) OJ NO L 101 , 11 . 4 . 1981 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL DECISION OF 15 DECEMBER 1981 ON THE CONCLUSION OF A COMMUNITY - COST CONCERTATION AGREEMENT ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF TREATMENT AND USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE ( COST PROJECT 68TER ) ( 81/1063/EEC )$$

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 81/213/EEC OF 3 MARCH 1981 ADOPTING A SECTORAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENT ( ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CLIMATOLOGY ) - INDIRECT AND CONCERTED ACTIONS - ( 1981 TO 1985 ) ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 8 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE DRAFT DECISION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 8 ( 2 ) OF DECISION 81/213 / EEC , THE COMMISSION HAS NEGOTIATED AN AGREEMENT WITH CERTAIN NON-MEMBER STATES PARTICIPATING IN EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH ( COST ) WITH A VIEW TO ASSOCIATING THEM WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITH THIS PROGRAMME ;

WHEREAS THIS AGREEMENT SHOULD BE APPROVED ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE COMMUNITY-COST CONCERTATION AGREEMENT ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF TREATMENT AND USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE ( COST PROJECT 68TER ) IS HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY .

THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERETO .

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 , 15 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

D . HOWELL