Council Decision (EU) 2023/718 of 28 March 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee established by the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part, as regards the adoption of a decision establishing a subcommittee on maritime cooperation and adopting its terms of reference

1 The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the written procedure of the Joint Committee established pursuant to Article 48 of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part, as regards the adoption of a decision establishing a subcommittee on EU-Philippines maritime cooperation and adopting its terms of reference shall be based on the draft decision of the Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

2 Minor changes to the draft decision of the Joint Committee may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union without a further decision of the Council.

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

1 The Subcommittee on Maritime Cooperation is hereby established as a specialised subcommittee of the Joint Committee.

2 The terms of reference set out in Annex B to Decision No 2/2020 of 28 January 2020 of the Joint Committee shall also apply to the Subcommittee on Maritime Cooperation.

The list of subcommittees set out in Annex A of Decision No 2/2020 of the Joint Committee of 28 January 2020 is replaced by the list set out in the Annex to this Decision.