EC/Andorra agreement: cooperation agreement, signature and conclusion

PURPOSE: the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Andorra.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2005/398/EC.

CONTENT: The Council adopted a Decision approving the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Andorra.

The objective of the Agreement is to strengthen EU relations with Andorra, which are at present governed by a 1990 Agreement establishing a Customs Union.

This Agreement extends cooperation between the EU and the Principality of Andorra to a number of specific sectors, including the environment, communications, information, culture, education, training and youth, social and health questions, trans-European networks, transport and regional policy.