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
L 235/2
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
25.9.2023
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The Union and its Member States took an active part in the successful outcome of the negotiations.
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The BBNJ Agreement covers four areas: marine genetic resources including the fair and equitable sharing of benefits Part II of the BBNJ Agreement, measures such as area-based management tools, including marine protected areas Part III of the BBNJ Agreement, environmental impact assessments; Part IV of the BBNJ Agreement, as well as capacity building and the transfer of marine technology Part V of the BBNJ Agreement. The BBNJ Agreement will further support the achievement of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular its Sustainable Development Goal 14 Life Below Water and contribute to meeting the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
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The BBNJ Agreement is in conformity with the environmental objectives of the Union as referred to in Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, namely preserving, protecting and improving the quality of 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.
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In accordance with Article 65 of the BBNJ Agreement, the agreement is open for signature by the Union.
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The signing of the Agreement on behalf of the Union does not affect the allocation of competences between the Union and its Member States. 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 to the extent that such competence has not yet been exercised internally by the Union.
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The Union should become a Party to the BBNJ Agreement alongside its Member States, since both have competences in the areas covered by the agreement. This Decision is without prejudice to the signature of the agreement by the Member States, in accordance with their internal procedures.
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This Decision is without prejudice to any arrangements of the Union and its Member States on their respective responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under the BBNJ Agreement to be taken pursuant to Article 67 of the BBNJ Agreement.
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This Decision is without prejudice to the sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction of Member States in accordance with UNCLOS.
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The BBNJ Agreement should be signed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The signing on behalf of the 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 Agreement is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement 2.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
2 The text of the Agreement will be published together with the decision on its conclusion.
