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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-126/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1997/126",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 6 December 1996 concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part (97/126/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-126",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 6 December 1996\nconcerning the conclusion of an agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part\n(97/126/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 on behalf of the Community a new agreement, replacing the Agreement between the European Economic Community of the one part and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands of the other part, signed on 2 December 1991, as amended by the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community of the one part and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands of the other part, signed on 8 March 1995,\nWhereas this new Agreement should be approved,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 371, 31.12.1991, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 54, 10.3.1995, p. 25."
    }
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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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