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Official Journal L 161 of the European Union ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Volume 61 English edition Legislation 26 June 2018 Contents II Non-legislative acts INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ★ Council Decision (EU) 2018/902 of 21 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union ......................................................................................... 1 Protocol to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union .............................................................................................. 3 DECISIONS ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/903 of 25 June 2018 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative in Kosovo * ............................................................ 7 ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/904 of 25 June 2018 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia .................................................................... 12 ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/905 of 25 June 2018 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa ............................................. 16 ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/906 of 25 June 2018 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the Sahel ........................................................................ 22 ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/907 of 25 June 2018 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia 27 * This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. 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 ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/908 of 25 June 2018 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina .................................................... 32 ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 of 25 June 2018 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects ................................................................................................. 37 ★ Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/910 of 25 June 2018 amending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (notified under document C(2018) 4060) (1) .............. 42 ★ Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/911 of 25 June 2018 laying down interim protective measures in order to prevent the spread of peste des petits ruminants in Bulgaria (notified under document C(2018) 4071) (1) ............................................................................... 67 (1) Text with EEA relevance. 26.6.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 161/1 II (Non-legislative acts) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/902 of 21 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Articles 207 and 212, in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: (1) The Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’), was signed in Brussels on 10 May 2010. (2) The Republic of Croatia became a Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013. (3) Under the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession, Croatia's accession to the Agreement is to be agreed by means of a Protocol to the Agreement. A simplified procedure is to apply whereby the Protocol is to be concluded by the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the third countries concerned. (4) On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned. The negotiations with the Republic of Korea were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Protocol. (5) Article 4(3) of the Protocol provides for its provisional application before its entry into force. (6) The Protocol should be signed, and applied on a provisional basis pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The signing on behalf of the Union and its Member States of the Protocol to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the Protocol. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision. (1) OJ L 20, 23.1.2013, p. 2. L 161/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 26.6.2018 Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the Union and its Member States. Article 3 The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion. Article 4 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. Done at Luxembourg, 21 April 2016. For the Council The President A. VAN DER STEUR 26.6.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 161/3 PROTOCOL to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, IRELAND, THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, HUNGARY, THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA, THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, ROMANIA, THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND, THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Contracting Parties to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’, and L 161/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 26.6.2018 THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Union’, on the one part, and THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA on the other part, hereinafter referred to together as ‘the Contracting Parties’, Whereas: The Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in Brussels on 10 May 2010; The Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, hereinafter referred to as ‘Treaty of Accession’, was signed in Brussels on 9 December 2011; The Republic of Croatia should accede to the Agreement by the conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part; HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The Republic of Croatia hereby accedes as Party to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part. Article 2 In due time after the initialling of this Protocol, the Union shall communicate to its Member States and the Republic of Korea, the Croatian language version of the Agreement. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol, the language version referred to in the first sentence of this Article shall become authentic under the same conditions as the original language versions of the Agreement. Article 3 This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement. Article 4 1. This Protocol shall be approved by the Contracting Parties, in accordance with their own procedures. The Contracting Parties shall notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose. 2. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which all the Contracting Parties have notified each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose. 3. Subject to its conclusion at a later date and pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied provisionally, as of the date of signature thereof. 26.6.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 161/5 Article 5 This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Korean languages, each of these texts being equally authentic. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly empowered to this effect, have signed this Protocol. Съставено в Брюксел на двадесет и първи юни през две хиляди и седемнадесета година. Hecho en Bruselas, el veintiuno de junio de dos mil diecisiete.