Considerations on COM(2018)138 - Authorisation of the opening of negotiations on a Global Pact for the Environment

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dossier COM(2018)138 - Authorisation of the opening of negotiations on a Global Pact for the Environment.
document COM(2018)138 EN
date March 19, 2018
 
(1)The Union is a party to numerous multilateral environmental agreements and contributes to their effective implementation through its internal and external policies and legislation.

(2)On [scheduled for March 2018 – insert actual date], the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution 'Development of a Global Pact for the Environment to strengthen the implementation of international environmental law' [check final title, add reference], establishing an open-ended [intergovernmental] working group to negotiate a Global Pact for the Environment ('the Pact'), and deciding that the open-ended [intergovernmental] working group is to meet from 2018.

(3)Article 191 of the Treaty specifies Union competencies in the area of the environment. In order to protect the integrity of Union law and to ensure that the rules of international law and Union law on the protection of the environment remain consistent, it is necessary that the Union participates in the negotiations on the Pact.

(4)The Commission should therefore be authorised to open negotiations on behalf of the Union.