| Summary: | This study analyzes the external action of the European Union for the preservation of marine protected areas in the Antarctic Ocean and their legal articulation both within the framework of the Union institutions and within the framework of the institutions created by the Antarctic Treaty that we will refer to as Antarctic governance with special emphasis on the Commission for the Conservation of Marine Living Resources of the Antarctic, since it is within the framework of this institution where the European Commission and the Member States have proposed “the creation of marine protected areas and (…) Of special areas for the scientific study of maritime space, climate change and the retreat of ice shelves ”. The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in cumulative cases C-626/15 and C-659/16 has highlighted the growing interest that the European Union and its member states have in the marine protected areas of the Antarctic Ocean, an interest that has evolved beyond the protection of marine biological resources to deepen the protection of marine biodiversity in a sustainable way, and that also inspires its external action. The right of participation of the Member States together with the European Union in the Antarctic governance system is what this judgment has recognized. Este estudio analiza la acción exterior de la Unión Europea para la preservación de las áreas marinas protegidas en el Océano Antártico y su articulación jurídica tanto en el marco de las instituciones de la Unión como en el marco de la instituciones creadas por el Tratado Antártico a las que nos referiremos como gobernanza antártica, haciendo especial hincapié en la Comisión para la Conservación de los Recursos Vivos Marinos del Antártico, ya que es en el marco de esta institución donde la Comisión Europea y los Estados miembros han propuesto “la creación de áreas marinas protegidas y (…) de zonas especiales destinadas al estudio científico del espacio marítimo, del cambio climático y del retroceso de las plataformas de ...
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