1999/800/EC: Council Decision of 22 October 1999 on concluding the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean, and on accepting the annexes to that Protocol (Barcelona Convention)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

1. The Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean and the annexes thereto are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

2. The text of the said Protocol and the annexes thereto are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

1. The President of the Council shall deposit with the depositary, on behalf of the Community and in accordance with Article 30 of the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean, the instrument concluding that Protocol(9).

2. The President of the Council shall notify, on behalf of the Community, acceptance of the annexes to the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean, in accordance with Article 16 of the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution(10). The Community's acceptance shall be accompanied by the following statement: "The Community will help implement the provisions laid down in the annexes by setting up the Natura 2000 network".

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

Done at Luxembourg, 22 October 1999.

For the Council

The President

S. MÖNKÄRE

(1) OJ C 219, 30.7.1999, p. 186.

(2) Decision 77/585/EEC, OJ L 240, 19.9.1977, p. 1.

(3) Decision 77/585/EEC, OJ L 240, 19.9.1977, p. 1.

(4) Decision 81/420/EEC, OJ L 162, 19.6.1981, p. 4.

(5) Decision 83/101/EEC OJ L 67, 12.3.1983, p. 1.

(6) Decision 84/132/EEC OJ L 68, 10.3.1984, p. 36.

(7) OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 97/49/EC (OJ L 223, 13.8.1997, p. 9).

(8) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7. Directive as last amended by Directive 97/62/EC (OJ L 305, 8.11.1997, p. 42).

(9) The date of entry into force of the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

(10) The date of entry into force of the annexes to the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.