Considerations on COM(2020)434 - Extension of scope of application Bonn Agreement for co-operation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2020)434 - Extension of scope of application Bonn Agreement for co-operation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and ... |
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| document | COM(2020)434  |
| date | February 5, 2021 |
| (2) | By Council Decision of 7 October 2019, the Council authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations on behalf of the Union with regard to amendments to the material and geographical scope of the Bonn Agreement. |
| (3) | In accordance with Article 16(1) of the Bonn Agreement, the Contracting Parties considered a proposal for an amendment to extend the scope of application of the Bonn Agreement to improve cooperation on surveillance in respect of the requirements of Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, signed in London on 2 November 1973, as supplemented by the Protocol of 17 February 1978 (‘the MARPOL Convention’). In addition, the Contracting Parties also considered the amendments to the Bonn Agreement and its Annex due to the accession of Spain to that Agreement in accordance with Article 20 thereof. |
| (4) | The Commission has, in accordance with Council Decision of 7 October 2019, negotiated those amendments to the Bonn Agreement, which have been adopted by unanimous vote by two decisions at the thirty-first meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Bonn Agreement held in Bonn from 9 to 11 October 2019. |
| (5) | Those amendments to the Bonn Agreement should be approved on behalf of the European Union, |