COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/2193

of 22 December 2021

on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Peru establishing a framework for the participation of the Republic of Peru 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 21 September 2020, the Council adopted a decision authorising the opening of negotiations for an agreement between the Union and the Republic of Peru establishing a framework for the latter’s participation in Union crisis management operations.

(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 the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Peru establishing a framework for the participation of the Republic of Peru in European Union crisis management operations (‘the Agreement’).

(3) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Peru establishing a framework for the participation of the Republic of Peru in European Union crisis management operations is hereby approved on behalf of the Union (1).

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 (2).

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2021.

For the Council

The President

G. DOVŽAN

(1)  See page 14 of this Official Journal.

(2)  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.