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Council Decision (EU) 2021/2277 of 11 November 2021 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Protocol on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2021/2277 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2021)12627 |
| Original proposal | COM(2021)614  |
| CELEX number i | 32021D2277 |
| Document | 11-11-2021; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 28-12-2021; OJ L 463 p. 1-2 |
| Effect | 11-11-2021; Entry into force Date of document See Art 4 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
28.12.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 463/1 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/2277
of 11 November 2021
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Protocol on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands
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(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands (1) (‘the Agreement’) was concluded by Council Decision (EU) 2017/418 (2) and entered into force on 10 May 2017. The Agreement and the Protocol on its implementation (‘the current Protocol’) have been provisionally applied as from 14 October 2016 (3). |
(2) |
On 7 July 2020, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Government of the Cook Islands for the conclusion of a new Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement (‘the Protocol’). |
(3) |
Pending the finalisation of the negotiations, the current Protocol was extended for one year (4), and is due to expire on 13 November 2021. |
(4) |
Those negotiations were successfully concluded and the Protocol was initialled on 28 July 2021. |
(5) |
The Protocol aims to enable the Union and the Government of the Cook Islands to continue working together to promote a sustainable fisheries policy and the sound exploitation of fisheries resources in the Cook Islands’ fishery waters, in line with the objective of conservation of marine biological resources recognized in Union law, and to allow Union vessels to fish in those waters. |
(6) |
In view of the economic importance of the Union fishing activities in the Cook Islands’ fishing areas and in view of the need to avoid interrupting those activities upon the expiration of the current Protocol, the Protocol should enter into force as soon as possible. |
(7) |
Therefore, the Protocol should be signed and applied on a provisional basis as from the date of its signature, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force. |
(8) |
The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and delivered an opinion on 3 November 2021, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands (‘the Protocol’) is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Protocol (6).
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the Union.
Article 3
The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of its signature (7), pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 11 November 2021.
For the Council
The President
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Z.POČIVALŠEK
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Council Decision (EU) 2017/418 of 28 February 2017 on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands and the Implementation Protocol thereto (OJ L 64, 10.3.2017, p. 1).
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