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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-360/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1997/360",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 March 1997The consolidated text of this Decision incorporates corrections approved by the Council on 14 May 1997. concerning the elimination of duties on certain spirituous beverages (97/360/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-360",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 24 March 1997\nconcerning the elimination of duties on certain spirituous beverages\n(97/360/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) first sentence, thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas the elimination of tariffs by the United States and the European Community is considered to be of overall benefit;\nWhereas the United States and the European Community have prepared an Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding on spirituous beverages; whereas the Agreement includes modifications to an EC-Spirits-Schedule CXL which should be submitted to the World Trade Organization;\nWhereas the Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the European Community on spirituous beverages should be approved on behalf of the Community,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The consolidated text of this Decision incorporates corrections approved by the Council on 14 May 1997."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1997/360/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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