Decision of the Council and of the Commission of 22 November 2007 on the position to be taken by the Communities in the Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Centre as regards the accession of the Swiss Confederation to the Agreement establishing an International Science and Technology Centre between the United States of America, Japan, the Russian Federation and, acting as one Party, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Economic Community (2007/834/EC, Euratom)

Article 1

The accession of the Swiss Confederation to the Agreement establishing an International Science and Technology Centre between the United States of America, Japan, the Russian Federation and, acting as one Party, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Economic Community, is hereby approved on behalf of the Communities.

Article 2

The representatives of the Council Presidency and of the Commission on the Governing Board are hereby authorised to approve the accession of the Swiss Confederation to the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2007.

For the Council

The President

M. Pinho

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso