Legal provisions of COM(2023)586 - EU position in the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (the 'Barcelona Convention') as regards the adoption of a Regional Plan on Agriculture Management, a Regional Plan on Aquaculture Management, a Regional Plan on Urban Stormwater Management, in the framework of Article 15 of the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources, and as regards the adoption of amendments to Annexes II and III to the Protocol concerning Special Protected Areas and Biological Diversity

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dossier COM(2023)586 - EU position in the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (the ...
document COM(2023)586 EN
date October 16, 2023

Contents

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the 23rd session/meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols shall be to support, in the framework of Article 15 of the LBS Protocol, the following decisions:

(a)the adoption of a Regional Plan on Agriculture Management; 

(b)the adoption of a Regional Plan on Aquaculture Management;

(c)the adoption of a Regional Plan on Urban Stormwater Management.

Article 2

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the 23rd session/meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols shall be to support:

(a)the inclusion of the following cartilaginous species to Annex II to the SPA and Biodiversity Protocol:

–Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817);

–Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1841);

–Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880);

–Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758);

–Rhinoptera marginata (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817); and

(b)the inclusion of the following cartilaginous species in Annex III to the SPA and Biodiversity Protocol:

–Dasyatis marmorata (Steindachner, 1892);

–Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788);

–Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832);

–Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758).

Article 3

Minor changes to these positions may be agreed through coordination on the spot, and before a decision is taken at the 23rd Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.