{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1983-473/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1983/473",
  "legislation_title": "COMMISSION Decision of 12 July 1983 laying down the methods of cooperation between the Eurpean Economic Community and the International Commission on Civil Status (83/473/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1983-473",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COMMISSION Decision\nof 12 July 1983\nlaying down the methods of cooperation between the Eurpean Economic Community and the International Commission on Civil Status\n(83/473/EEC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 229 thereof,\nWhereas the European Communities have established appropriate relations with numerous international organizations; whereas the corresponding Agreements, concluded by the Commission, concern working relations between the European Communities and the international organizations and establish a system of cooperation designed to ensure their smooth functioning;\nWhereas the European Economic Community and the International Commission on Civil Status have common interests in numerous areas of the approximation of laws, notably in the sectors of family law and the law on the civil status and legal capacity of individuals;\nWhereas it is advisable to lay down the methods of cooperation between the two organizations,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1983/473/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."
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