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Council Decision (EU) 2016/769 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 Persistent Organic Pollutants| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2016/769 |
| Original proposal | COM(2014)749  |
| CELEX number i | 32016D0769 |
| Document | 21-04-2016; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 18-05-2016; OJ L 127 p. 21-31 |
| 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 127/21 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/769
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 Persistent Organic Pollutants
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 Persistent Organic Pollutants (‘the Protocol’), following its approval on 19 February 2004 (2). |
(3) |
The parties to the Protocol opened negotiations in 2007 with a view to further improving the protection of human health and the environment, including through the updating of the list of substances concerned and the emission limit values applicable to certain waste incinerators. |
(4) |
In 2009, the parties present at the 27th session of the Executive Body of the Convention adopted by consensus Decisions 2009/1/EC, 2009/2/EC and 2009/3 amending the Protocol. |
(5) |
The amendments set out in Decision 2009/3/EC entered into force and became effective on the basis of the expedited procedure provided for in Article 14(4) of the Protocol. |
(6) |
The amendments set out in Decisions 2009/1/EC and 2009/2/EC require acceptance by the parties to the Protocol in accordance with Article 14(3) of the Protocol. |
(7) |
The Union has already adopted instruments on matters covered by the amendments to the Protocol, including Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). |
(8) |
The amendments to the Protocol set out in Decisions 2009/1/EC and 2009/2/EC 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 Persistent Organic Pollutants (‘the Protocol’) are hereby accepted on behalf of the Union.
The texts of the amendments to the Protocol as set out in Article 1 of Decision 2009/1/EC and Article 1 of Decision 2009/2/EC of the Executive Body of the Convention are 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 14(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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Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 7).
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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 Article 1 of Decision 2009/1/EC of the Executive Body of the Convention
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A.Article 1
For paragraph 12 there shall be substituted:
‘“New stationary source” means any stationary source of which the construction or...
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