Considerations on COM(2000)630 - EC position within the International Tropical Timber Council on the extension of the International Agreement on Tropical Timber, 1994

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(1) The International Agreement on Tropical Timber 1994, has been signed and provisionally applied by the Community by Council Decision 96/493/EC ;

(2) The International Tropical Timber Agreement remains in force until 31 December 2000 unless it will be extended beyond that date by decision of the International tropical Timber Council for a period of three years, until 31 December 2003;

(3) The extension of that Agreement is in the interest of the Community;

(4) The European Community's position in the International Tropical timber Council should be determined;

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The European Community's position within the International Tropical Timber Council, shall be to vote in favour of the extension by three years of the International Agreement on Tropical Timber 1994.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President