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  "legislation": "eudn/1996/415",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 28 May 1996 on the conclusion of administrative arrangements on trade in textile products between the European Community and certain members of the World Trade Organization (96/415/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-415",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 28 May 1996\non the conclusion of administrative arrangements on trade in textile products between the European Community and certain members of the World Trade Organization\n(96/415/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas the Commission has negotiated administrative arrangements on trade in textile products in the form of Agreed Minutes or Exchanges of Notes with certain Members of the World Trade Organization which, as ‘administrative arrangements’ within the meaning of Article 2 (17) of the WTO Agreement, reproduce the relevant provisions of previous bilateral agreements covering trade in textile products under the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA);\nWhereas these administrative arrangements on trade in textile products should be approved,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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