2002/917/EC: Council Decision of 3 October 2002 on the conclusion of the Interbus Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus

• Articles: 4

Article 1

The conclusion of the Interbus Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Community, the act of approval provided for in Article 27 of the Agreement in order to bind the Community.

Article 3

The Commission, assisted by representatives of the members of the Council, shall represent the Community in the Joint Committee (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee") set up by Article 23 of the Agreement.

The position to be taken by the Community within the Committee shall be adopted by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. The Council shall act by simple majority when the decision which the Committee proposes to take relates to the Committee's Rules of Procedures.

Decisions taken by the Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Luxembourg, 3 October 2002.

For the Council

The President

F. Hansen

(1) OJ C 51 E, 26.6.2002, p. 193.

(2) Assent given on 2 July 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal).