Date: 2016-10-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (EU) 2016/1892 of 10 October 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015
Executive Summary:
This Council Decision authorises the signing and provisional application of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, on behalf of the European Union. The decision aims to ensure the continued application of regulations outlined in the 2005 agreement. The agreement will be open for signature until 31 December 2016, with provisional application from 1 January 2017 if specific conditions are met.
Key Points / Main Content:
Authorisation and Agreement Details:
* The signing of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, is authorised on behalf of the Union, pending its conclusion.
* The text of the Agreement is attached to the Decision.
Signing Authority:
* The President of the Council is authorised to designate individuals empowered to sign the Agreement for the Union.
Provisional Application:
* The Union will provisionally apply the Agreement from 1 January 2017 if the conclusion procedure is incomplete and the conditions of Article 312 and 3 of the Agreement are satisfied.
* The provisional application will be notified by those authorised to sign, according to Article 312 and 3 of the Agreement.
Entry into Force:
* This Decision takes effect on the date of its adoption (10 October 2016).
Impact Analysis:
European Union:
Impact: The EU is bound by the terms of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, and must ensure its provisional application if the conclusion procedure is not finalised by 1 January 2017 and conditions are met.
Action Required: The President of the Council must designate individuals to sign the agreement on behalf of the Union. Authorised signatories must notify the provisional application of the agreement if conditions are met.
Council of the European Union:
Impact: The Council is responsible for authorising the signing of the agreement and ensuring its provisional application.
Action Required: The Council President must designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
Signatories:
Impact: The designated signatories are responsible for officially signing the agreement on behalf of the EU.
Action Required: Sign the agreement and notify its provisional application if required.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe. This Council decision is made on behalf of the European Union.
International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015: A new international agreement concerning trade and standards related to olive oil and table olives. The Council decision authorizes the signing and provisional application of this agreement on behalf of the European Union.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: A treaty that forms the constitutional basis of the European Union.
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, and managing the EU's day-to-day operations.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): A United Nations body dealing with trade, investment, and development issues.
International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2005: The predecessor agreement to the 2015 agreement. It was extended until the 2015 agreement came into force.
United Nations Headquarters in New York: The headquarters of the United Nations, where the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015 was opened for signature.
Luxembourg: A landlocked country in Western Europe, where the Council Decision was done.
L 293/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.10.2016
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/1892
of 10 October 2016
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the International
Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of
Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) 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.
(2) The new International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives (‘the Agreement’) was adopted on 9 October
2015 by the representatives of 24 Member States of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(Unctad) and two intergovernmental organisations during the United Nations Conference for the Negotiation of
a Successor Agreement to the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2005.
(3) The 2005 International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives (1), which was due to expire on 31 December
2014, was extended until 31 December 2015 and will remain in force, in accordance with Article 47(3) thereof,
until the Agreement enters into force, provided that the period of such extension does not exceed 12 months.
The Agreement will be open for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York until 31 December
2016 inclusive.
(4) Article 31(1) of the Agreement lays down the requirements for its entry into force on 1 January 2017.
Article 31(2) and (3) thereof provide for the provisional application of the Agreement, under certain conditions,
if the requirements laid down in Article 31(1) are not met.
(5) In accordance with Article 31(2) of the Agreement, and in order to avoid any interruption in the application of
the rules laid down in the 2005 International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, provision should be
made for the Union to provisionally apply the Agreement if the procedure for its conclusion by the Union has
not been completed before 1 January 2017.
(6) It should also be provided that the Union may provisionally apply the Agreement, in accordance with
Article 31(3), if the requirements for its final or provisional entry into force under Article 31(1) and (2) have not
been met by 31 December 2016.
(7) Consequently, the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date,
and its provisional application in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 31(2) and (3) thereof
should be notified,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The signing on behalf of the Union of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, is hereby
authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
(1) OJ L 302, 19.11.2005, p. 47.28.10.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 293/3
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf
of the Union.
Article 3
The Union shall apply the Agreement provisionally as from 1 January 2017 if the procedure for its conclusion by the
Union has not been completed and the conditions laid down in Article 31(2) and (3) of the Agreement have been met.
The provisional application of the Agreement, under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of this Article, shall be
notified, in accordance with Article 31(2) and (3) of the Agreement, by the person(s) authorised to sign the Agreement
under Article 2 of this Decision.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 10 October 2016.
For the Council
The President
G. MATEČNÁ