Agreement EC/Turkey: participation in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA

PURPOSE: to conclude an Agreement between the Community and Turkey on the participation of Turkey in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Council Decision 2007/800/EC on the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Turkey on the participation of the Republic of Turkey in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

CONTENT: this Decision approves the signing of the Agreement between the EC and Turkey on the participation of Turkey in the work of the EMCDDA on behalf of the Community, subject to the Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement.

It is recalled that Council Regulation (EEC) N° 302/93 on the establishment of a EMCDDA provides that the Centre is to be open to the participation of non-Community countries which share the Community's interests and those of its Member States in the Centre's objectives and work. The Commission negotiated, on behalf of the Community, an Agreement with Turkey on the participation of the latter.