Proposal for a Council Decision laying down a simplified procedure for the drawing up of Union positions in the Council of Members of the International Olive Council

The International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives 2005, which was due to expire on 31 December 2014, was extended until 31 December 2015. 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.

The text of the new Agreement was drawn up during the United Nations Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the 2005 International Agreement, held in Geneva from 5 to 9 October 2015. The International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives 2015 was signed on behalf of the Union on 28 November 2016 and entered into force provisionally on 1 January 2017.

In order to facilitate the adoption of decisions by the Council of Members of the International Olive Council and ensure the effective functioning of the Agreement, it is necessary to draw up the general principles governing the Union’s position, as well as a simplified internal procedure for the drawing up of the Union’s position within the Council of Members as regards certain decisions having legal effects that do not modify the institutional framework of the Agreement.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)263: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:263:FIN

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