Legal provisions of COM(2016)62 - Signing of the Paris Agreement adopted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

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dossier COM(2016)62 - Signing of the Paris Agreement adopted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
document COM(2016)62 EN
date April 11, 2016

Contents

Article 1

The signing on behalf of the Union of the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1) is hereby authorised.

The signing shall take place in New York on 22 April 2016, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.