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( 1 ) OJ NO L 220 , 6 . 8 . 1981 , P . 29 .

COUNCIL DECISION OF 14 DECEMBER 1981 ON THE CONCLUSION OF A COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN ON THE INTERCONNECTION OF THE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR DATA TRANSMISSION ( EURONET ) AND THE SWEDISH DATA NETWORK FOR INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL PURPOSES AND ON THE CONCLUSION OF A TRILATERAL PROTOCOL ON THE PURPORT OF THE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA NETWORK COOPERATION CONCLUDED BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WITH , ON THE ONE HAND , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN ( 81/1058/EEC )$$

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 81/599/EEC OF 27 JULY 1981 ADOPTING A THIRD PLAN OF ACTION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION ( 1981 TO 1983 ) ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS NEGOTIATED A COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN TO INTERCONNECT THAT COUNTRY'S DATA NETWORK AND EURONET ;

WHEREAS THAT AGREEMENT SHOULD BE CONCLUDED ;

WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE TRILATERAL PROTOCOL ON THE PURPORT OF THE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA NETWORK COOPERATION CONCLUDED BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WITH , ON THE ONE HAND , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN , SHOULD BE CONCLUDED ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN ON THE INTERCONNECTION OF THE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR DATA TRANSMISSION ( EURONET ) AND THE SWEDISH DATA NETWORK FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL PURPOSES IS HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY .

THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

THE TRILATERAL PROTOCOL ON THE PURPORT OF THE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA NETWORK COOPERATION CONCLUDED BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WITH , ON THE ONE HAND , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN , IS HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY .

THE TEXT OF THE PROTOCOL IS ATTACHED HERETO .

ARTICLE 3

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 14 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . HOWE