EC/Norway agreement: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA, revision of the amount of the financial contribution

PURPOSE: to revise the financial contribution from Norway to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2006/914/EC concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Kingdom of Norway on the revision of the amount of the financial contribution from Norway provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway on the participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

CONTENT: according to Article 13 of Council Regulation 302/93/EEC on the establishment of a European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction provides that the Centre is to be open to the participation of non-Community countries which share the Community's interests and those of its Member States in the Centre's objectives and work.

The Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway on the participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction was signed on 19 October 2000 and entered into force on 1 January 2001. The Agreement sets out the financial contribution from Norway to the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

Following the negotiations with the Commission, an Agreement was made with Norway on the revision of the amount of the financial contribution from Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

In order to take account of possible future enlargement of the European Union and to avoid further adjustments, the formula for the calculation of Norway's contribution will be as set out in the initial proposal. The financial contribution from Norway must not be less than EUR 271 000 (2004 prices) irrespective of the number of Member States of the Union. This amount corresponds to the cost of enlargement per country as estimated by the EMCDDA in 2001. That amount will be subject to a technical adjustment each year based on price trends and gross national income (GNI) in the European Union.