COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/1293

of 20 July 2015

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the European Convention on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a)(v) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The European Convention on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (3) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit on behalf of the Union the instrument of approval provided for in Article 12 of the Convention, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound.

Article 3

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

(1)  Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (OJ L 320, 28.11.1998, p. 54).

(2)  The Convention was signed on the basis of Council Decision 2011/853/EU of 29 November 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the European Convention on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (OJ L 336, 20.12.2011, p. 1). That Decision has since been replaced by Council Decision 2014/243/EU of 14 April 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the European Convention on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 61).

(3)  The text of the Convention has been published in OJ L 336, 20.12.2011, p. 2.