Rozhodnutí Rady (EU) 2017/418 ze dne 28. února 2017 o uzavření Dohody mezi Evropskou unií a vládou Cookových ostrovů o partnerství v oblasti udržitelného rybolovu a prováděcího protokolu k této dohodě jménem Evropské unie

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(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v) and Article 218(7) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European ParliamentConsent of 14 February 2017 (not yet published in the Official Journal). ,

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands and the Implementation Protocol thereto are hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

Consent of 14 February 2017 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(1) The Union and the Government of the Cook Islands negotiated a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (the Agreement) for a duration of 5 years, renewable by tacit agreement, and an Implementation Protocol thereto (the Protocol), granting Union vessels fishing opportunities in the waters over which the Cook Islands has sovereign rights or jurisdiction in respect to fisheries.

(2) The Agreement and the Protocol were signed in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2016/776Council Decision (EU) 2016/776 of 29 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands and the Implementation Protocol thereto (OJ L 131, 20.5.2016, p. 1 ). and apply on a provisional basis from 14 October 2016 .

(3) The Agreement set up a Joint Committee which is responsible for monitoring the performance, interpretation and application of the Agreement. Furthermore, the Joint Committee may approve certain modifications to the Protocol. In order to facilitate the approval of such modifications, it is appropriate to empower the Commission, subject to specific conditions, to approve them under a simplified procedure.

(4) The Agreement and Protocol should be approved,

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notifications provided for in Article 17 of the Agreement and in Article 13 of the ProtocolThe date of entry into force of the Agreement and of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council. .

Council Decision (EU) 2016/776 of 29 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands and the Implementation Protocol thereto (OJ L 131, 20.5.2016, p. 1 ).

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Subject to the provisions and conditions set out in Annex to this Decision, the Commission shall be empowered to approve, on behalf of the Union, modifications to the Protocol within the Joint Committee.

The date of entry into force of the Agreement and of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

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