Considerations on COM(2023)794 - EU position in the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community

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dossier COM(2023)794 - EU position in the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community.
document COM(2023)794 EN
date February  5, 2024
 
(1) The Energy Community Treaty (‘the Treaty') was concluded by the Union by Council Decision 2006/500/EC of 29 May 2006 (1) and entered into force on 1 July 2006.


(2) Pursuant to Article 47 of the Treaty, the Ministerial Council is to take Measures, which, pursuant to Article 76 of that Treaty, may take the form of a Decision or of a Recommendation.


(3) The Ministerial Council will adopt a number of acts, listed in the Annex to this Decision, which fall under the scope of Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and on which representatives of the Union will vote.


(4) The purpose of the envisaged acts is to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of the Treaty and the functioning of the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna which, among others, provides administrative support to the Ministerial Council.


(5) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Ministerial Council regarding the acts listed in the Annex to this Decision, as those acts will have legal effects for the Union.