Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2017)264 - Conclusion of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015 - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2017)264 - Conclusion of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015. |
|---|---|
| source | COM(2017)264  |
| date | 01-06-2017 |
1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
The International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2005 1 , which was due to expire on 31 December 2014, was extended until 31 December 2015. Article 47(3) thereof provides that the agreement remained in force until the entry into force of the new Agreement.
On 19 November 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations on behalf of the Union in order to conclude a new international agreement on olive oil and table olives.
During the United Nations Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2005, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 5 to 9 October 2015, the representatives of 24 Member States of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and two intergovernmental organisations drew up the text of the new Agreement.
The text of the Agreement, which was negotiated in consultation with the Working Party on Commodities (PROBA), duly reflects the negotiating directives issued by the Council.
In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2016/1892 of 10 October 2016 2 , the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015 was signed on behalf of the Union on 28 November 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, subject to its conclusion at a later date.
The new Agreement entered into force provisionally on 1 January 2017 in accordance with Article 31 i thereof.
2. PROPOSAL
In the light of the above, the Commission proposes:
that, in accordance with Articles 207 i and 218(6) TFEU, the President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to proceed, on behalf of the European Union, to the deposit of the instrument of approval provided for in Article 28 i of the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the European Union to be bound by the Agreement.
It has also been provided that, in accordance with Article 218(7) TFEU, the Council empowers the Commission to draw up the positions to be adopted on behalf of the Union in the Council of Members created by the new agreement, when that body is called upon to adopt amendments to the designations and definitions of oils, olive pomace oils and table olives provided for in annexes B and C to the Agreement, in accordance with Article 19 i of the Agreement.
3. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS
This proposal does not have budgetary implications.