Key Benefits:
The National Assembly and the Senate adopted,
The President of the Republic enacts the following legislation:
The approval of the agreement between the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Kingdom of Norway and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the common ownership of a submarine rescue system, signed on 9 December 2003 in Brussels, and the text of which is annexed to this Act (2).
This law will be enforced as a law of the State.
Done in Paris, November 17, 2006.
Jacques Chirac
By the President of the Republic:
The Prime Minister,
Dominique de Villepin
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Philippe Douste-Blazy
(1) Preparatory work: Act No. 2006-1407.
Senate:
Bill No. 325 (2005-2006);
Report of Mr. André Boyer, on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee, No. 396 (2005-2006);
Discussion and adoption on June 27, 2006 (Simplified Review Procedure).
National Assembly:
Bill No. 3196, passed by the Senate;
Report of Mr. Jean-Pierre Kucheida, on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee, No. 3403;
Discussion and adoption on November 9, 2006 (Simplified Review Procedure).
(2) Subsequently, the text will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.