Council Decision (EU) 2023/2916 of 11 December 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at meetings of the Parties to the Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean and repealing Decision (EU) 2020/1582

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the meetings of the Parties to the Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (‘the Agreement’) is set out in Annex I.

The year-to-year specification of the Union’s position to be taken in the meetings of the Parties to the Agreement shall be conducted in accordance with Annex II.

The Union’s position set out in Annex I shall be assessed and, where appropriate, revised by the Council upon a proposal from the Commission, at the latest for the meeting of the Parties to the Agreement in 2029.

Decision (EU) 2020/1582 is hereby repealed.

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