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Council Decision (EU) 2016/768 of 21 April 2016 on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2016/768 |
| Original proposal | COM(2014)750  |
| CELEX number i | 32016D0768 |
| Document | 21-04-2016; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 18-05-2016; OJ L 127 p. 8-20 |
| Effect | 21-04-2016; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
18.5.2016 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 127/8 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/768
of 21 April 2016
on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Union is a party to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (‘the Convention’), following its approval in 1981 (1). |
(2) |
The Union is a party to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals (‘the Protocol’), following its approval on 4 April 2001 (2). |
(3) |
The parties to the Protocol opened negotiations in 2009, the scope of which was extended in 2010, with a view to further improving the protection of human health and the environment, including through the updating of emission limit values that addressed emissions of air pollutants at source. |
(4) |
In 2012, the parties present at the 31st session of the Executive Body of the Convention adopted by consensus Decisions 2012/5 and 2012/6 amending the Protocol. |
(5) |
The amendments set out in Decision 2012/6 entered into force and became effective on the basis of the expedited procedure provided for in Article 13(4) of the Protocol. |
(6) |
The amendments set out in Decision 2012/5 require acceptance by the parties to the Protocol in accordance with Article 13(3) of the Protocol. |
(7) |
The Union has already adopted instruments on matters covered by the amendments to the Protocol, including Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). |
(8) |
The amendments to the Protocol set out in Decision 2012/5 should therefore be accepted on behalf of the Union, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The amendments to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals (‘the Protocol’) are hereby accepted on behalf of the Union.
The text of the amendments to the Protocol as set out in the Annex to Decision 2012/5/EC of the Executive Body of the Convention is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union, as regards matters falling within the Union's competence, the instrument of acceptance provided for in Article 13(3) of the Protocol (4).
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 21 April 2016.
For the Council
The President
G.A. VAN DER STEUR
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Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17).
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The date of entry into force of the amendments to the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL
as set out in the Annex to Decision 2012/5 of the Executive Body of the Convention
(a) Article 1
1. |
In paragraph 10 the words ‘of: (i) this Protocol; or (ii) an amendment to annex I or II, where the stationary source becomes subject to the provisions of this Protocol only by virtue of that amendment’ are replaced by the words ‘for a Party of the present Protocol. A... |
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