COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2019/1945

of 19 November 2018

approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, of the Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) With a view to the protection of Euratom’s interests, membership of KEDO should continue beyond May 2015 in order to allow for a final settlement of legal and financial issues relating to the termination of KEDO’s nuclear light water reactor project and an orderly winding up of KEDO.

(2) The Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO) should be concluded,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Sole article

The conclusion by the European Commission of the Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO) is hereby approved.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2018.

For the Council

The President

F. MOGHERINI