Considerations on COM(2021)668 - EU position in the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean on amending Annexes of the Offshore Protocol - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2021)668 - EU position in the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean on ... |
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| document | COM(2021)668  |
| date | December 2, 2021 |
| (2) | Pursuant to Article 18(2), point (iii), of the Barcelona Convention, the meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols is to adopt amendments to the annexes to the Protocols to the Convention. |
| (3) | During their 22nd meeting from 7 to 10 December 2021, the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols are expected to adopt a decision (‘the Decision of the Contracting Parties’) amending Annexes I, II, III and IV and Annex VII, section A, to the Offshore Protocol. |
| (4) | The Decision of the Contracting Parties relates to the protection of the environment, which is a shared competence between the Union and its Member States under Article 4(2), point (e), of the Treaty. The Decision of the Contracting Parties does not fall within an area which is largely covered by Union rules concerning such protection. The Union does not intend to make use of the possibility of exercising its external competence with regard to areas covered by the Decision of the Contracting Parties in relation to which its competence has not yet been exercised internally. |
| (5) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols, as the Decision of the Contracting Parties concerns the adoption of amendments to Annexes I, II, III and IV and Annex VII, section A, to the Offshore Protocol that will be binding on the Union. |
| (6) | Since the envisaged amendments to Annexes I, II, III and IV and Annex VII, section A, to the Offshore Protocol will update requirements regarding the protection of the Mediterranean Sea, affect the Union’s international commitments and ambitions and improve the protection of the environment, the Union should support the adoption of the Decision of the Contracting Parties, |