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Official Journal L 329 of the European Union ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Volume 59 English edition Legislation 3 December 2016 Contents II Non-legislative acts INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ★ Council Decision (Euratom) 2016/2116 of 12 February 2016 approving the conclusion by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Agreement extending the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV nuclearenergy systems .................................................. 1 Agreement extending the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV nuclearenergy systems ...................................................................... 3 ★ Council Decision (EU) 2016/2117 of 29 September 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, of the other part .............................................................................. 6 Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part ................... 8 ★ Council Decision (EU) 2016/2118 of 28 October 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Canada, of the other part .......................... 43 Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Canada, of the other part ............................................................................................................. 45 REGULATIONS ★ Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2119 of 2 December 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 113/2010 as regards the adaptation of the list of customs procedures and the definition of the data (1) ...................................................................................................................... 66 (1) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period. EN The titles of all other acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. EN ★ Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2120 of 2 December 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1033/2006 as regards the provisions referred to in Article 3(1) (1) ............. 70 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2121 of 2 December 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables ..................... 73 DECISIONS ★ Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2122 of 2 December 2016 on protective measures in relation to outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N8 in certain Member States (notified under document C(2016) 8158) (1) ........................................... 75 RECOMMENDATIONS ★ Commission Recommendation (EU) 2016/2123 of 30 November 2016 on the harmonisation of the scope of and conditions for general transfer licences for armed forces and contracting authorities as referred to in point (a) of Article 5(2) of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2016) 7711) ....................................... 101 ★ Commission Recommendation (EU) 2016/2124 of 30 November 2016 on the harmonisation of the scope of and conditions for general transfer licences for certified recipients as referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2016) 7728) ............................................................................................. 105 ★ Commission Recommendation (EU) 2016/2125 of 30 November 2016 on guidelines for self- regulation measures concluded by industry under Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) ...................................................................................... 109 ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ★ Decision No 1/2016 of the Joint Committee of the Regional Convention on Pan-Euro-Mediter- ranean Preferential Rules of Origin of 28 September 2016 as regards the request of Georgia to become a Contracting Party to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin [2016/2126] ............................................................................ 118 Corrigenda ★ Corrigendum to Council Decision (EU) 2015/1900 of 5 October 2015 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Stabilisation and Association Council established by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part, concerning a Decision of the Stabilisation and Association Council adopting its rules of procedure (OJ L 277, 22.10.2015) .......................................................................... 119 (1) Text with EEA relevance 3.12.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 329/1 II (Non-legislative acts) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS COUNCIL DECISION (Euratom) 2016/2116 of 12 February 2016 approving the conclusion by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Agreement extending the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV nuclearenergy systems THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof, Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission, Whereas: (1) The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) is a framework for international cooperation in research and development launched at the initiative of the United States of America in 2001. The objective of the GIF is to pool efforts to develop new nuclear energy system designs to provide a reliable supply of energy, while satisfac torily addressing nuclear-safety, waste-minimisation, non-proliferation and public concerns. (2) On 30 July 2003, on the basis of a Commission Decision of 4 November 2002, the Community joined the GIF by signing its Charter (the ‘Charter’), which the initial signatories signed in 2001. By a Commission Decision of 29 June 2011, the Community's initial 10-year adherence to the Charter was extended for an unlimited period, subject to withdrawal by unanimous consent of Member States of the Union. Any GIF member, including the Community, may withdraw by giving 90 days' written notice. As the Charter does not provide for financial exchanges or special budgetary allocations between the parties, it falls within the scope of the third paragraph of Article 101 of the Euratom Treaty. (3) In order to implement the Charter, the signatories thereto concluded the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV nuclear energy systems (the ‘Framework Agreement’), which sets out the conditions for cooperation as well as system and project arrangements. (4) On the basis of the Council Decision of 20 December 2005 concerning the approval of the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the Framework Agreement and a Commission Decision of 12 January 2006, adopted pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 101 of the Treaty, the Community acceded to the Framework Agreement on 24 January 2006, when the duly authorised Commissioner signed an instrument of accession, which was then deposited with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris on 10 February 2006. The Joint Research Centre was designated as the Community's implementing agent in accordance with Article III.2 of the Framework Agreement. (5) The Framework Agreement entered into force on 28 February 2005 for a period of 10 years and was extended on 26 February 2015, when four parties gave their consent to be bound by the Agreement extending the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV nuclear energy systems (the ‘Extension Agreement’), in accordance with the specific extension procedure provided for in L 329/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 3.12.2016 the Framework Agreement. The Community and other signatories that were unable to complete their internal approval procedures in time may subsequently renew their participation by means of a signature in accordance with Article II.3 of the Extension Agreement. (6) The renewal of the participation of the Community in the Framework Agreement is independent of any decision on the scope of participation of the Community in the various GIF systems and related project arrangements. The Community will individually determine the nature of its contribution, intellectual and financial, in GIF activities. (7) The renewal by the Commission, on behalf of the Community, of the Framework Agreement by means of signature of the Extension Agreement in accordance with the specific extension procedure should therefore be approved, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The conclusion by the Commission,