15.5.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 121/3 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 6 April 2009 on the accession of the European Community to the Convention on international interests in mobile equipment and its Protocol on matters specific to aircraft equipment, adopted jointly in Cape Town on 16 November 2001 (2009/370/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (3) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 61(c) in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first sub- paragraph of Article 300(3) thereof, (4) Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ('), Whereas: (1) The Community is working towards the establishment of a common judicial area based on the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions. (2)  The Convention on international interests in mobile equipment (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Cape Town (6) Convention’) and its Protocol on matters specific to aircraft equipment (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Aircraft Protocol’), adopted jointly in Cape Town on 16 November 2001, make a useful contribution to regu- lation at the international level in their respective areas. It is therefore desirable that the provisions of the two instruments which concern matters falling within the o) exclusive competence of the Community should be applied as soon as possible. - ( () Opinion of 18 December 2008 (not yet published in the Official ¢ Journal). ( The Commission negotiated the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol on behalf of the Community, for the parts falling within the exclusive competence of the Community. Regional economic integration organisations which have competence over certain matters governed by the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol may accede to the said Convention and the said Protocol after their entry into force. Some of the matters governed by Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (2, Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings () and Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome 1) (* are also dealt with in the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol. The Community has exclusive competence over some of the matters governed by the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol, while the Member States have competence over other matters governed by these two instruments. The Community should therefore accede to the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol. 12, 16.1.2001, p. 1. oJ L 0J L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 1. oJ L 177, 4.7.2008, p. 6.