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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1994-111/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1994/111",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 16 December 1993 on the conclusion of the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (1956) and the acceptance of the United Nations' resolution on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles (94/111/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1994-111",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 16 December 1993\non the conclusion of the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (1956) and the acceptance of the United Nations' resolution on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles\n(94/111/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113, in conjunction with Article 228 (2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Organization and signed in Geneva on 18 May 1956, covers temporary import conditions and procedures for commercial road vehicles in the customs territories of the Community and third countries and is a customs agreement which could effectively help expand international trade;\nWhereas under Article 33 (2 bis), the Convention is open to accession by regional economic integration organizations;\nWhereas moreover, all Member States of the Community are Contracting Parties to the Convention;\nWhereas, if the Community is to become a Contracting Party, it must deposit an accession instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization;\nWhereas the current Community provisions on the temporary importation of road vehicles for commercial use comply with those of the Convention and there is therefore no need to enter any reservations with regard to Article 38 of the Convention;\nWhereas it is appropriate to approve the Convention;\nWhereas, it would be appropriate to accept at the same time the United Nations' resolution of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1994/111/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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