Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 25/9/2023 - Sección Legislación
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Sección Legislación
EN
25.9.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
L 235/1
II
Non-legislative acts
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
COUNCIL DECISION EU 2023/1974
of 18 September 2023
on the signing, 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 1921, in conjunction with Article 2185 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas:
1
By way of Council Decision 98/392/EC 1, the European Community concluded the United Nations Convention of 10 December 1982 on the Law of the Sea 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 3051f of UNCLOS and Article 1 of Annex IX thereto.
2
In its resolution 72/249 of 24 December 2017, the UN General Assembly decided to convene an intergovernmental conference, under the auspices of the United Nations, to elaborate the text of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
3
On 19 March 2018, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, as regards matters falling within the Unions competence and in respect of which the Union has adopted rules, an international legally binding instrument 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.
4
Both the Union and its Member States are parties to UNCLOS and have competence in the fields covered by the negotiations; the Union therefore participated in the negotiations of the text of that Instrument alongside its Member States.
5
The negotiations were successfully completed, at the further resumed fifth session of the intergovernmental conference that took place in New York from 19 to 20 June 2023 where 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 BBNJ Agreement was adopted.
1 Council Decision 98/392/EC of 23 March 1998 concerning the conclusion by the European Community of the United Nations Convention of 10 December 1982 on the Law of the Sea and the Agreement of 28 July 1994 relating to the implementation of Part XI thereof OJ L 179, 23.6.1998, p. 1.
