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Council Decision (EU) 2020/1325 of 21 September 2020 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the framework of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries as regards the application for accession to that Convention submitted by the United Kingdom, and repealing Decision (EU) 2019/510| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2020/1325 |
| Original proposal | COM(2020)488  |
| CELEX number i | 32020D1325 |
| Document | 21-09-2020; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 25-09-2020; OJ L 311 p. 8-10 |
| Effect | 21-09-2020; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
25.9.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 311/8 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/1325
of 21 September 2020
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the framework of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries as regards the application for accession to that Convention submitted by the United Kingdom, and repealing Decision (EU) 2019/510
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (1) (‘the NEAFC Convention’) was approved by Council Decision 81/608/EEC (2) and entered into force on 17 March 1982. |
(2) |
The NEAFC Convention currently applies to the United Kingdom as a result of the Union being a Contracting Party to that Convention, while Article 20(4) of the NEAFC Convention excludes the accession of Member States to that Convention. |
(3) |
Pursuant to Article 20(4) of the NEAFC Convention, any State can accede to the NEAFC Convention provided that an application for accession of that State is approved by three-fourths of all Contracting Parties to the Convention within 90 days from the date of notification by the Depositary of the receipt of the application. |
(4) |
On 8 January 2019, the United Kingdom submitted an application to accede to the NEAFC Convention as a Contracting Party. On the same date, the Depositary notified the Commission thereof. |
(5) |
On 25 March 2019, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/510 (3). That decision was favourable to the United Kingdom’s accession to the NEAFC Convention and was adopted in order to anticipate the situation where the United Kingdom would leave the Union without a withdrawal agreement. Consequently, Decision (EU) 2019/510 only authorised the Commission to notify the Union’s position in the event that no withdrawal agreement was concluded. |
(6) |
The application for accession by the United Kingdom was not approved by the required number of the Contracting Parties to the NEAFC Convention as the quorum of three-fourths was not reached. |
(7) |
Pursuant to Article 129(4) of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (4) (‘the Withdrawal Agreement’), during the transition period, the United Kingdom may negotiate, sign and ratify international agreements entered into in its own capacity in the areas of exclusive competence of the Union, provided that those agreements do not enter into force or apply during the transition period, unless so authorised by the Union. Council Decision (EU) 2020/135 (5) sets out the conditions and procedure for granting such authorisations. |
(8) |
By means of its letter of 3 April 2020, the United Kingdom notified the Commission of its intention to express its consent, in its own capacity, to be bound by the NEAFC Convention during the transition period. On 6 July 2020, the United Kingdom submitted a new application for accession to that Convention, seeking an accession which would take effect during the transition period in a manner consistent with the Withdrawal Agreement. |
(9) |
Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1305 (6) authorises the United Kingdom to express its consent, in its own capacity, to be bound by the NEAFC Convention as the conditions set out in Article 3(1) of Decision (EU) 2020/135 are fulfilled. |
(10) |
Pursuant to Articles 56, 63 and 116 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (7)... |
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