Council Decision (EU) 2021/2292 of 30 April 2021 on the submission, on behalf of the European Union, of a proposal for an Executive Body decision regarding the methodology for updates to reflect changes in the membership of the Union, with a view to the 41st session of the Executive Body of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union in that session

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2021/2292
• Articles: 5

Article 1

1.   At the 41st session of the Executive Body of the Convention, the Union shall pursue the objective of establishing the methodology to enable updates of the Union emission baselines and emission reduction commitments set out in tables 2 to 6 of Annex II to the amended Gothenburg Protocol, based exclusively on a mathematical calculation using only information that is already set out in those tables, in order to ensure that the Union values in those tables can be updated to correctly reflect the total sum of its Member States’ emission baselines and emission reduction commitments, following changes in the membership of the Union.

2.   With a view to the 41st session of the Executive Body of the Convention, and in order to achieve the objective set out in paragraph 1, the Union shall submit the proposal for the required methodology  ( 2 ) .

3.   The Commission, on behalf of the Union, shall communicate that proposal to the Secretariat of the Convention.

Article 2

1.   The Union may support amendments proposed by other Parties to the Convention provided they contribute to achieving the Union’s objective as set out in Article 1.

2.   Where other Parties to the Convention propose that the decision of the Executive Body use Article 13(2) of the Gothenburg Protocol as its legal basis, the Union may accept that proposal and engage in negotiations in this regard.

3.   Where other Parties to the Convention request that the procedure for submitting the updated values for the Union be aligned with the procedure set out in in Article 13(4) and (5) of the Gothenburg Protocol, the Union may propose a simplified procedure.

Article 3

Refinement of the position set out in Articles 1 and 2 may be agreed to, in the light of developments at the 41st session of the Executive Body of the Convention, by representatives of the Union, in consultation with the Member States, during on-the-spot coordination meetings, without a further decision of the Council.

Article 4

Once the methodology to enable the updates referred to in Article 1(1) has been adopted by the Executive Body of the Convention, the Commission shall submit, on behalf of the Union, the necessary updates implementing that methodology.

Article 5

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