Council Decision (EU) 2019/2207 of 5 December 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the 39th session of the Executive Body of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution as regards certain amendments to the Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 39th session of the Executive Body of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (‘39th session of the Executive Body’) shall be the following: (a) to support the proposal tabled by the United States of America to amend Annex VII of the Protocol to extend the flexibility timescale from 2019 to 2024; (b) where Parties from Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central-Asia countries present at the 39th session of the Executive Body indicate that the proposal to amend Article 3 bis of the Protocol to extend the flexibility timescales from 2019 to 2024 and from 2022 to 2030 is useful, to support the proposal tabled by the United States of America to amend that Article; (c) where the condition under point (b) of this Article is not fulfilled, to invite the United States of America to withdraw the proposal to amend Article 3 bis of the Protocol; (d) if the United States of America does not withdraw the proposal to amend Article 3 bis of the Protocol following an invitation as referred to in point (c) of this Article, the Union may object to the proposal.

Representatives of the Union may, in consultation with the Member States, during on‐the‐spot coordination meetings, agree to refinements to the position set out in Article 1, in the light of developments at the 39th session of the Executive Body, without a further decision of the Council.

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