Decision 2016/834 - EU position within the Joint Committee EU-Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of Cape Verde and of the EU, with regard to the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee - Main contents
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Council Decision (EU) 2016/834 of 20 May 2016 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union, with regard to the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2016/834 |
| Original proposal | COM(2016)149  |
| CELEX number i | 32016D0834 |
| Document | 20-05-2016; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 27-05-2016; OJ L 140 p. 15-20 |
| Effect | 20-05-2016; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
27.5.2016 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 140/15 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/834
of 20 May 2016
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union, with regard to the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular point (a) of Article 77(2) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2013/521/EU of 7 October 2013 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union (2) (‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 December 2014. |
(2) |
Article 10 of the Agreement provides that a Joint Committee of experts (‘the Committee’) is to be set up by the Parties. |
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Article 10(4) of the Agreement provides that the Committee is to establish its rules of procedure. The rules of procedure are necessary to organise the work of the Committee which has been assigned the task of managing the Agreement and of monitoring its implementation. |
(4) |
It is therefore appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union's behalf within the Committee, with regard to the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Committee, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
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1.The position to be adopted on the Union's behalf within the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union, with regard to the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee, shall be based on the draft decision of the Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
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2.Minor technical corrections to the draft decision may be agreed by the representatives of the Union in the Joint Committee without further decision of the Council.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 20 May 2016.
For the Council
The President
K.H.D.M. DIJKHOFF
DRAFT
DECISION No …/2016 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE ON FACILITATING THE ISSUE OF SHORT-STAY VISAS TO CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE AND OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
of …
with regard to the adoption of its rules of procedure
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union (‘the Agreement’), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas the Agreement entered into force on 1 December 2014,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Chairmanship
The Joint Committee (‘the Committee’) shall be chaired jointly by a representative of the European Union and a representative of the Republic of Cape Verde.
Article 2
Tasks of the Committee
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1.In accordance with Article 10(2) of the Agreement, the Committee shall, in particular, have the following...
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