Decision 1979/721 - 79/721/EEC: Council Decision of 16 August 1979 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement with Switzerland on the extension of the EC network for data transmission (Euronet) to the territory of Switzerland - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Decision
Number legal act	Decision 1979/721
Original proposal	COM(1979)284
CELEX number i	31979D0721

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79/721/EEC: Council Decision of 16 August 1979 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the extension of the Community network for data transmission (Euronet) to the territory of Switzerland

Official Journal L 214 , 22/08/1979 P. 0018

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 311 , 4 . 11 . 1978 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 16 AUGUST 1979

CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON THE EXTENSION OF THE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR DATA TRANSMISSION ( EURONET ) TO THE TERRITORY OF SWITZERLAND

( 79/721/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 78/887/EEC OF 9 OCTOBER 1978 ADOPTING A SECOND THREE-YEAR PLAN OF ACTION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 OF DECISION 78/887/EEC , NEGOTIATED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SWISS CONFEDERATION WITH A VIEW TO EXTENDING EURONET ;

WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THAT AGREEMENT SHOULD BE CONCLUDED ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON THE EXTENSION OF THE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR DATA TRANSMISSION ( EURONET ) TO THE TERRITORY OF SWITZERLAND IS HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY .

THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT IS ANNEXED HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 AUGUST 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

M . O ' KENNEDY

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AGREEMENT

IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON THE EXTENSION OF THE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR DATA TRANSMISSION ( EURONET ) TO SWITZERLAND

BRUSSELS , . . . . . . SIR ,

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS , CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN EUROPE , ESPECIALLY BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , BOTH IN THE FIELD OF DATA TRANSMISSION BY PACKET-SWITCHING AND IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION . THIS IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FOLLOWING , GIVEN IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER :

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  THE CONCLUSION , ON 23 NOVEMBER 1973 , OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A EUROPEAN INFORMATION NETWORK ( COST PROJECT 11 ) BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , FRANCE , ITALY , THE NETHERLANDS , NORWAY , PORTUGAL , SWEDEN , SWITZERLAND , THE UNITED KINGDOM AND YUGOSLAVIA TO TRANSMIT DATA USING PACKET-SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY ,

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  THE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF 14 JANUARY 1974 ON AN INITIAL OUTLINE PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WHICH THE COUNCIL STRESSED THAT THIRD COUNTRIES , ESPECIALLY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES , SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF TAKING PART IN THE PROJECT CONCERNED WHENEVER IT WAS FOUND NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE ,

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  THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF 18 MARCH 1975 AND 9 OCTOBER 1978 ADOPTING THREE-YEAR ACTION PLANS ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION AND PROVIDING FOR THE SETTING UP OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ( HEREINAFTER CALLED ' EURONET ' ) TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY USERS WITH RELIABLE , RAPID AND ECONOMIC ACCESS TO THE SCIENTIFIC , TECHNICAL , ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DOCUMENTATION AND DATA AVAILABLE ,

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  THE FORMATION , BY THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY , OF A CONSORTIUM BY A MULTILATERAL CONVENTION ( HEREINAFTER CALLED '...

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