Council Decision (EU) 2023/1075 of 1 June 2023 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence with regard to institutions and public administration of the Union
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1. The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘the Convention’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union ( 4 ) insofar as it applies to its institutions and public administration. 2. The Union’s accession to the Convention shall be without prejudice to the Member States’ competence as regards the ratification of the Convention on matters falling within their national competences.
The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union, the instrument of approval provided for in Article 75(2) and (4) of the Convention.
The Commission shall act as the Union’s coordinating body in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention and fulfil the reporting obligations under Chapter IX for matters of the Convention falling under exclusive Union competence, without prejudice to the competences of the Member States and the autonomy of the institutions of the Union in matters relating to their respective operations.
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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