COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/124

of 25 January 2022

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol to amend the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community and its Member States

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Decision 2010/465/EU of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council (2), the Protocol to amend the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community and its Member States, signed on 25 and 30 April 2007 (the ‘Protocol’), was signed on 24 June 2010, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(2) The Protocol has been ratified by all Member States, except for the Republic of Croatia. The Republic of Croatia is to accede to the Protocol in accordance with Article 6(2) of the 2012 Act of Accession.

(3) The Protocol should be approved.

(4) As Article 5 of Decision 2010/465/EU, on the provision of information by the Member States, is no longer necessary, that Article should cease to apply from the date of entry into force of this Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Protocol to amend the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community and its Member States, signed on 25 and 30 April 2007 (the ‘Protocol’), is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union (3).

Article 2

The President of the Council shall proceed, on behalf of the Union, to the exchange of diplomatic notes provided for in Article 10 of the Protocol.

Article 3

Article 5 of Decision 2010/465/EU shall cease to apply from the date of entry into force of this Decision.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 25 January 2022.

For the Council

The President

C. BEAUNE

(1)  Consent of 14 December 2021 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2)  Decision 2010/465/EU of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council of 24 June 2010 on the signing and provisional application of the Protocol to Amend the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (

OJ L 223, 25.8.2010, p. 1

).

(3)  The text of the Protocol has been published in

OJ L 223, 25.8.2010, p. 3

, together with the decision on signature.