Considerations on COM(2004)594-1 - Signing of the Agreement with Denmark extending to Denmark the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national and Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 concerning the establishment of "Eurodac" for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention

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dossier COM(2004)594-1 - Signing of the Agreement with Denmark extending to Denmark the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 ...
document COM(2004)594 EN
date September 17, 2004
 
(1) By Decision of 6 May 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate an Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark extending to Denmark the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national and Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 concerning the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention,

(2) Negotiations with a view to signing the Agreement took place between June 2003 and April 2004,

(3) Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Agreement initialled at Luxembourg on 8 June 2004 should be signed,

(4) The United Kingdom and Ireland, in accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the TEU and the TEC, will take part in adopting and applying this Decision,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the President of the Council is authorised to appoint the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the Community, the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark extending to Denmark the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national and Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 concerning the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President