{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1977-715/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1977/715",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 28 October 1977 on the conclusion of the European Agreement on the exchange of tissue-typing reagents and the Additional Protocol thereto (77/715 /EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1977-715",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 28 October 1977\non the conclusion of the European Agreement on the exchange of tissue-typing reagents and the Additional Protocol thereto\n(77/715 /EEC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,\nHaving regard to the recommendation from the Commission,\nWhereas the European Agreement on the exchange of tissue-typing reagents, drawn up on the initiative of the Council of Europe, provides in Article 5 (1) that the Contracting Parties shall take all necessary measures to exempt from all import duties the tissue-typing reagents placed at their disposal by the other Parties;\nWhereas any derogation from the Common Customs Tariff, whether of an autonomous or conventional nature, falls within the exclusive competence of the Community;\nWhereas the addition to the said Agreement of an Additional Protocol enabling the European Economic Community to become a Contracting Party to the said Agreement enables the Community to exercise that competence;\nWhereas that Agreement and the Additional Protocol thereto should therefore be concluded,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1977/715/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}