Introductory text
United Kingdom
Council Decision (EU) 2017/1190
of 12 June 2017
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the European Union/Switzerland GNSS Committee established by the Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes regarding the adoption of its Rules of Procedure
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 172 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the European Satellite Navigation Programmesf1 (‘the Agreement’) has been provisionally applied since 1 January 2014 as regards elements falling within the competence of the Union.
(2)
Article 20 of the Agreement establishes the European Union/Switzerland GNSS Committee (‘the Joint Committee’) and provides that it is to establish its rules of procedure.
(3)
It is therefore appropriate to determine the position to be taken on behalf of the Union with regard to adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: