Council Decision (EU) 2016/590 of 11 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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The signing on behalf of the Union of the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeΒ ( 1 ) is hereby authorised. The signing shall take place in New York on 22 April 2016, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
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