Legal provisions of COM(2020)227 - Authorisation of the opening of negotiations for the conclusion of a protocol to the Sustainable fisheries agreement with the Government of Cook Islands

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Article 1

The Commission is hereby authorised to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, a new protocol to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Government of the Cook Islands.

The Commission is also authorised to negotiate a limited prolongation of the current Protocol to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands.

Article 2

The negotiating directives are set out in the Annex.

Article 3

The negotiations shall be conducted in consultation with the Council Working Party on External Fisheries Policy.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.