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 - Main contents
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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 ... |
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| document | COM(2023)586  |
| date | October 16, 2023 |
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.