Council Decision (EU) 2019/1803
of 18 July 2019
on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam establishing a framework for the participation of Viet Nam in European Union crisis management operations
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 37 thereof, in conjunction with Article 218(5) and (6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1)
On 8 April 2019, the Council adopted a Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for an Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam establishing a framework for its participation in Union crisis management operations (the ‘Agreement’).
(2)
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in accordance with Article 37 of the Treaty on European Union, subsequently negotiated that Agreement.
(3)
The Agreement should be approved,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam establishing a framework for the participation of Viet Nam in European Union crisis management operations (the ‘Agreement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Union.
Article 3
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 17(1) of the Agreement .
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 18 July 2019.
For the Council
The President
T. Tuppurainen
The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.