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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-91/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1996/91",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 22 January 1996 concerning the approval of the amendment to Article VII of the Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts (96/91/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-91",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 22 January 1996\nconcerning the approval of the amendment to Article VII of the Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts\n(96/91/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,\nWhereas the Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts, signed in Gdansk on 13 September 1973, was amended by the Protocol to the Conference of the representatives of the State Parties to the Convention, signed in Warsaw on 11 November 1982;\nWhereas the Community acceded to the Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts on 18 March 1984;\nWhereas negotiations have taken place during the 20th Session of the International Baltic Sea fishery Commission with a view to amending Article VII of that Convention, to establish a closer link between the financial contributions of the Contracting Parties and the size of the fishery resources allocated to them pursuant to the Convention;\nWheras the proposed amendment will enter into force 90 days after the Depository Government has received notification of acceptance of that amendment from all Contracting Parties;\nWhereas, in the light of the fishing possibilities accruing to the Community under the Convention, it is in the Community's interest to approve the proposed amendment,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No C 252, 28. 9. 1995, p. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Opinion delivered on 15 December 1995 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 237, 26. 8. 1983, p. 4."
    }
  ],
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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."
}