COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1527

of 9 September 2022

authorising the opening of negotiations with New Zealand for an Agreement on the general principles for the participation of New Zealand in Union programmes and on the association of New Zealand to Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 186 and 212, in conjunction with Article 218(3) and (4) thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,

 

Whereas negotiations should be opened with a view to concluding an agreement with New Zealand on the general principles for the participation of New Zealand in Union programmes and on the association of New Zealand to Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Commission is hereby authorised to open negotiations with New Zealand, on behalf of the Union, for an agreement on the general principles for the participation of New Zealand in Union programmes and on the association of New Zealand to Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027).

Article 2

The negotiations shall be conducted on the basis of the negotiating directives of the Council set out in the addendum to this Decision.

Article 3

The negotiations shall be conducted in consultation with the Asia-Oceania Working Party, for matters related to the general conditions for the participation of New Zealand in any Union programmes, and with the Working Party on Research, for matters related to the specific conditions for the participation of New Zealand in the Horizon Europe Programme.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the European Commission.

Done at Brussels, 9 September 2022.

For the Council

The President

J. SÍKELA