Legal provisions of COM(2010)153 - Agreement with Chile on the provisional application of the Understanding concerning the conservation of swordfish stocks in the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean

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dossier COM(2010)153 - Agreement with Chile on the provisional application of the Understanding concerning the conservation of swordfish stocks in ...
document COM(2010)153 EN
date June  3, 2010

Contents

Article 1

The signing of the Understanding between the European Union and the Republic of Chile concerning the conservation of swordfish stocks in the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean agreed on 15- 16 October 2008 in Brussels as modified by (i) the detailed Annex I to the Understanding as agreed during the bilateral technical meeting on 5- 6 October 2009 in New York; (ii) the Note Verbale of Chile of 23 November 2009 designating the Chilean ports of Arica, Antofagasta and Punta Arenas for access by EU vessels fishing for swordfish on the high seas in the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean, in relation to point (xi) of Annex I; and (iii) the agreement that the first meeting of the bilateral Technical and Scientific Committee would take place at the latest on 1 January 2011 ("the Understanding") is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion.

The text of the Understanding is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Understanding, on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion.

Article 3

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on the provisional application of the Understanding is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.

Article 4

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the Union, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional application of the Understanding.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.