Council Decision (EU) 2017/1138 of 19 June 2017 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Minamata Convention on Mercury as regards the adoption of the required content of the certification referred to in Article 3(12) of the Convention and of the guidance referred to in Article 8(8) and (9) of the Convention

Decision (EU) 2017/1138 · Decision · 3 articles

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Article 1

The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (the ‘Convention’), shall be to support the adoption of the required content of the certification referred to in Article 3(12) and of the guidance referred to in Article 8(8) and (9) of the Convention. Minor changes to the documents referred to in the first paragraph may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union, in consultation with Member States during coordination meetings, without further decision of the Council.

Article 2

The Decision(s) of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention adopting the documents referred to in Article 1 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 3

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

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