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AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH )

THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

OF THE ONE PART , AND

THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ,

OF THE OTHER PART ,

CONSIDERING THAT , BY ITS DECISION OF 13 FEBRUARY 1978 , THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ADOPTED A COMMUNITY CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ) ;

CONSIDERING THAT , AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ON THE ABOVEMENTIONED CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT WAS SIGNED ON 14 DECEMBER 1979 ;

CONSIDERING THAT , ON 1 AUGUST 1980 , THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ACCEDED TO THAT AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6 ( 3 ) THEREOF ;

CONSIDERING THAT , BY ITS DECISION OF 20 JANUARY 1981 , THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 THE COMMUNITY CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ;

CONSIDERING THAT , BEARING IN MIND THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WORK PROVIDED FOR IN THE ABOVEMENTIONED AGREEMENT , THE EXTENSION OF THE DURATION OF THE LATTER BY ONE YEAR WOULD ENABLE THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO BE DERIVED FROM THE EFFORT MADE ;

CONSIDERING THAT , THIS EXTENSION WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY INCREASE IN FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS EITHER OF THE COMMUNITY OR OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ;

CONSIDERING THAT , THE AGREEMENT IN QUESTION SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 ,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ) SHALL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS AGREEMENT , DRAWN UP IN A SINGLE ORIGINAL IN THE DANISH , DUTCH , ENGLISH , FRENCH , GERMAN , GREEK AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES , EACH TEXT BEING EQUALLY AUTHENTIC , SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , WHICH SHALL TRANSMIT A CERTIFIED COPY TO EACH OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES .