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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 172, in conjunction with point (a)(v) of the second subparagraph of Article 218(6) thereof,Having regard to the Acts of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romanianote and of the Republic of Croatianote, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Having regard to the consent of the European Parliamentnote,Whereas:
(1)The Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other partnote (the ‘Agreement’) was signed on 9 September 2006note and entered into force on 1 July 2016note.
(2)Bulgaria and Romania became Member States of the Union on 1 January 2007 and Croatia on 1 July 2013.
(3)In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Acts of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania and of Croatia, accession to the Agreement is to be agreed by means of a protocol to that Agreement (the ‘Protocol’). In accordance with Article 6(2) of those Acts of Accession, a simplified procedure is to apply to such accession, whereby a protocol is to be concluded by the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the third country concerned.
(4)On 23 October 2006 and on 14 September 2012 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third country concerned in order to conclude protocols to international agreements concluded by the Union and its Member States.
(5)The negotiations with the Republic of Korea were successfully concluded by exchange of notes verbales.
(6)In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2019/1934note, the Protocol was signed on 26 September 2022, subject to its conclusion at a later date.
(7)The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union is the depositary of this Protocol.
(8)The Protocol should be approved,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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The Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia and Romania to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Union and its Member States.The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
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