Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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667. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 277, 278, 279, 280 and 281 of 3 June 2021, if no European Council decision is required to approve Israel association with the Horizon Europe Regulation once negotiations are concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31439/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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No decision of the European Council or of the Council of the European Union is required to approve Israel's association to Horizon Europe.

Israel’s participation in EU programmes, including Horizon Europe, is governed by the specific conditions laid down in the EU-Israel Association Agreement. In accordance with EU policy, this Agreement does not apply to the geographic areas that came under the administration of the State of Israel after 5 June 1967.

As a category c country under the Horizon Europe Regulation, the European Commission has a mandate to negotiate and conclude an agreement with Israel on its participation in the programme.