Legal provisions of COM(2019)378 - Authorisation for negotiations on the accession of Spain to the Bonn Agreement (pollution of the North Sea) and the extension of its scope of application

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dossier COM(2019)378 - Authorisation for negotiations on the accession of Spain to the Bonn Agreement (pollution of the North Sea) and the ...
document COM(2019)378 EN
date August 30, 2019

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Article 1

1. The Commission is hereby authorised to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, the envisaged amendments to the Bonn Agreement concerning the material extension of the scope of the Agreement in relation to Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention, and the geographical extension of the Agreement in relation to the accession of Spain thereto.

2. The position to be taken on the Union's behalf at the Thirty-First Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Bonn Agreement shall be to support the amendments to the Agreement in line with the envisaged amendment texts annexed to this Decision.

3. Minor changes may be brought to the the envisaged amendment texts without calling into question the support of the Union thereto.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.