Decision 2024/1830 - Conclusion of the Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction - Main contents
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Council Decision (EU) 2024/1830 of 17 June 2024 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2024/1830 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2024)7577 |
| Original proposal | COM(2023)580  |
| CELEX number i | 32024D1830 |
| Document | 17-06-2024; Date of adoption |
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| Effect | 17-06-2024; Entry into force Date of document See Art 5 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
Official Journal of the European Union |
EN L series |
2024/1830 |
19.7.2024 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/1830
of 17 June 2024
on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1), in conjunction with Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) |
By virtue of Council Decision 98/392/EC (2), the European Community approved the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS) and the Agreement of 28 July 1994 relating to the implementation of Part XI thereof in respect of those matters governed by it for which competence has been transferred to the Community by its Member States. The Union is thus far the only international organisation which is a Party to UNCLOS within the meaning of Article 305(1)(f) of UNCLOS and Article 1 of Annex IX thereto. |
(2) |
The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (‘the Agreement’) was adopted in New York on 19 June 2023. |
(3) |
In its conclusions of 20 July 2023, the Council noted that the Union and its Member States are committed to the swift ratification and implementation of the Agreement and urged all States to do the same. |
(4) |
The Union and its Member States aim to ratify the Agreement prior to the United Nations Ocean Conference that will take place in 2025. |
(5) |
In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2023/1974 (3), the Agreement was signed on 20 September 2023, on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date. |
(6) |
Pursuant to Article 66 of the Agreement, the Agreement is subject to ratification, approval or acceptance by States and regional economic integration organisations, such as the Union. |
(7) |
The Agreement is in line with the environmental objectives of the Union as referred to in Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), namely: preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment; protecting human health; prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources; and promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems, and in particular combating climate change. |
(8) |
This Decision should not be interpreted as making use of the possibility for the Union to exercise its external competence with regard to areas covered by the Agreement falling within shared competence. In the area of shared competences, the Member States retain their competence insofar as the Agreement does not affect common rules or alter the scope thereof, including their foreseeable future development. |
(9) |
The conclusion of the Agreement by the Union is without prejudice to the Member States’ competence as regards the ratification, approval or acceptance of the Agreement. |
(10) |
In accordance with Article 67(1) of the Agreement, a code of conduct laying down internal arrangements between the Union and its Member States reflecting their respective responsibilities for the performance of their obligations and the exercise of rights under the Agreement has been drawn up between the Council, the Member States and the Commission and is to be applicable from the date of entry into force of this... |
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