Legal provisions of COM(2024)527 - Approval of the position to be taken on behalf of Euratom in the Energy Charter Conference

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Article 1

1. In accordance with Article 36(7) of the Energy Charter Treaty (‘ECT’), Euratom shall not exercise its right to vote in the Energy Charter Conference voting on the proposed amendments to and understandings with respect to Article 49 ECT and Article 21 of the ECT Protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects (‘PEEREA’), and on the decisions on the designation of a depositary under Article 49 ECT and Article 21 PEEREA, attached to this Decision.

2. The Member States that are Contracting Parties to the ECT shall, acting jointly, exercise their vote at the Energy Charter Conference on 3 December 2024, where they are present, or by correspondence, as the case may be, so as:

(a)not to prevent the adoption by the Energy Charter Conference of the proposed amendment to Article 49 ECT (CC 760 REV2), attached to this Decision;

(b)not to prevent the approval of the understanding with respect to Article 49 ECT on the roles of the Energy Charter Secretariat (CC 762 REV2), attached to this Decision;

(c)not to prevent the approval of a decision on the designation of the Energy Charter Secretariat as depositary under Article 49 ECT with effect from 2 February 2025 (CC 814), attached to this Decision; and

(d)not to prevent the adoption by correspondence of the proposed amendment to Article 21 PEEREA and the approval of the associated understanding with respect to Article 21 PEEREA and of the decision on the designation of the Energy Charter Secretariat as depositary under Article 21 PEEREA with effect from 2 February 2025 (CC 823), attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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