2000/706/EC: Council Decision of 7 November 2000 concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the Community, of the Convention for the Protection of the Rhine

• Articles: 2

Article 1

The Convention for the Protection of the Rhine is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person or persons empowered to deposit the instrument of approval with the Government of the Swiss Confederation in accordance with Article 17 of the Convention.

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2000.

For the Council

The President

D. Voynet

(1) Opinion delivered on 17 May 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 240, 19.9.1977, p. 35.