Decision 2017/876 - Accession of the EU to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)

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  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
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1.

Current status

This decision has been published on May 23, 2017 and entered into force on May 24, 2017.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2017/876 of 18 May 2017 on the accession of the European Union to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2017/876
Original proposal COM(2016)712 EN
CELEX number i 32017D0876

3.

Key dates

Document 18-05-2017; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 23-05-2017; OJ L 134 p. 23-37
Effect 24-05-2017; Entry into force Date pub. +1 See Art 3
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

23.5.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 134/23
 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2017/876

of 18 May 2017

on the accession of the European Union to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(3) and (4), in conjunction with Article 218(6) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

 

(1)

The Union is a member of a number of international commodity bodies, but it is not a member of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (‘ICAC’).
 

(2)

On 27 April 2004, 27 May 2008 and 10 May 2010 the Council, in its Conclusions on the EU Action Plan on agricultural commodity chains, dependency and poverty, on the EU-Africa Partnership in support of cotton-sector development and on enhancing Union action in the area of commodities, respectively, invited the Commission to consider Union membership of the ICAC.
 

(3)

On 16 September 2013 the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, the accession of the Union to the ICAC in accordance with Sections 1 and 2 of Article II of the ICAC Rules and Regulations, stating that membership of the ICAC is in the interest of the Union, owing to the significance of cotton to the Union's agricultural and industrial economy and trade businesses. The Union is a producer of cotton and has evolved from a net cotton importer to, as of 2009, a net cotton exporter. Furthermore, the Union textiles and clothing industry is a major user of cotton cloth. Cotton is also an important area for European development cooperation, the Union remaining one of the main donors to the African cotton sector.
 

(4)

The Union will pay a contribution in accordance with Section 2 a.(2)(c) of Article II of the ICAC Rules and Regulations. The Union cannot be held liable for any current or future financial arrears of any members of the ICAC.
 

(5)

It is necessary for Protocol 4 on cotton (2), annexed to the 1979 Act of Accession, to continue to be taken into account after the Union's accession to the ICAC.
 

(6)

The Union should therefore accede to the ICAC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The accession of the European Union to the International Cotton Advisory Committee is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

The ICAC Rules and Regulations are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to make, on behalf of the Union, the communication referred to in Section 2 a. of Article II of the ICAC Rules and Regulations.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 18 May 2017.

For the Council

The President

  • C. 
    ABELA
 
  • (1) 
    Consent of 16 May 2017 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
 

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I

TERMS OF REFERENCE

26
 

ARTICLE II

MEMBERSHIP

26
 

ARTICLE III

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

28
 

ARTICLE IV

STANDING COMMITTEE

28
 

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE

30
 

ARTICLE VI

SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE

31
 

ARTICLE VII

SECRETARIAT

32
 

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL PROCEDURES

33
 

ARTICLE IX

PROVISION OF INFORMATION

34
 

ARTICLE X

LANGUAGES

35
 

ARTICLE XI

VOTING

36
 

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