94/358/EC: Council Decision of 16 June 1994 accepting, on behalf of the European Community, the Convention on the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia

The Convention on the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia is hereby accepted on behalf of the European Community. The text of the Convention on the Protocol enabling the Community to accede to it are attached to this Decision.

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, deposit the instrument of accession to the Convention with the Council of Europe, which is the depositary of the Convention and the Protocol.

1 Within the Public Health Committee and the European Pharmacopoeia Commission referred to in Article 2 of the Convention, the Community shall be represented by the Commission of the European Communities on the matters referred to in Article 7 (3) of the Convention as amended by Article 3 of the Protocol.

2 The position to be taken within the bodies referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be determined by the Commission in consultation with Member States.

3 The positions to be taken on questions of major importance, in particular with regard to amendments to the obligations on the Member States or when serious divergencies of views emerge in the consultations envisaged in paragraph 2, shall be determined by the Council acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.