ag leagan béim ar an ngá atá le beartas AE maidir leis an Artach atá comhleanúnach agus nuashonraithe; ag tabhairt dá haire go gcuirtear deiseanna ar fáil le hionstraim nua ICFCI chun an réigiún Artach a mhaoiniú.
Emphasises the growing need for a coherent updated EU-Arctic policy; notes that the new NDICI instrument opens up opportunities to finance the Arctic region;
Mar a dhearbhaítear i gconclúidí ón gComhairle an 19 Samhain 2019 maidir le hAigéin agus Farraigí, lena n-airítear an tArtach, sa Teachtaireacht Chomhpháirteach ó Ardionadaí an Aontais do Ghnóthaí Eachtracha agus don Beartas Slándála agus ón gCoimisiún Eorpach, dar teideal An integrated European Union policy for the Arctic [Beartas comhtháite an Aontais Eorpaigh don Artach], agus i gconclúidí ón gComhairle an 24 Márta 2017 maidir le International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of oceans [Rialachas idirnáisiúnta na n‐aigéan: clár oibre le haghaidh thodhchaí na n‐aigéan], tacaíocht don Chomhaontú agus eagraíocht réigiúnach um bainistíocht iascaigh a d’fhéadfaí a chruthú nó do shocrú i mórmhuir an Artaigh, is cuspóirí tábhachtacha iad don Aontas chun comhshaol an Artaigh a chosaint agus forbairt inbhuanaithe a áirithiú i limistéar an Artaigh agus sa limistéar máguaird, ar bhonn comhar idirnáisiúnta.
As stated in the Council conclusions of 19 November 2019 on Oceans and Seas, including the Arctic, the Joint Communication by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission ‘An integrated European Union policy for the Arctic’, and the Council Conclusions of 24 March 2017 on ‘International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of oceans’, support for the Agreement and the possible creation of a regional fisheries management organisation or arrangement in the Arctic high seas is an important objective for the Union in order to safeguard the Arctic environment and ensure sustainable development in and around the Arctic region on the basis of international cooperation.