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  "legislation": "eudn/1995/145",
  "legislation_title": "Decision of the Council and the Commission of 10 April 1995 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of the United States of America regarding the application of their competition laws (95/145/EC, ECSC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Decision of the Council and the Commission\nof 10 April 1995\nconcerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of the United States of America regarding the application of their competition laws\n(95/145/EC, ECSC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 87 and 235, in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles 65 and 66 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,\nWhereas Article 235 of the Treaty establishing the European Community must be invoked owing to the inclusion in the text of the Agreement of mergers and acquisitions which are covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings, which is essentially based on Article 235;\nWhereas, given the increasingly pronounced international dimension to competition problems, international cooperation in this field should be strengthened;\nWhereas, to this end, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with the Government of the United States of America on the application of the competition rules of the European Communities and of the United States of America;\nWhereas the Agreement, including the exchange of interpretative letters, should be approved,\nHAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Opinion delivered on 20 January 1995 (OJ No C 43, 20. 2. 1995) and 17 March 1995 (OJ No C 89, 10. 4. 1995)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1 (corrected version: OJ No L 257, 21. 9. 1990, p. 13)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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