Legal provisions of COM(2023)343 - Signing of the UN Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York on 7 December 2022

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Article 1


The signing of the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships (‘Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships’), adopted by United Nations General Assembly in New York on 7 December 2022, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion. 

The text of the Beijing Convention on Judicial Sale of Ships is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Declaration attached to this Decision shall be approved on behalf of the Union. When signing the Beijing Convention on Judicial Sale of Ships, the Union shall make the Declaration attached to this Decision, in accordance with Article 18(2) of the Beijing Convention on Judicial Sale of Ships.

Article 3

The Council shall authorise the Commission to nominate the person who shall have the full powers to sign the Convention, subject to its conclusion, on behalf of the Union.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.