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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-118/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1998/118",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 16 December 1997 concerning the conclusion of the Protocol of Accession of the Principality of Monaco to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps (98/118/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-118",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 16 December 1997\nconcerning the conclusion of the Protocol of Accession of the Principality of Monaco to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps\n(98/118/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130s(l) thereof, in conjunction with Article 228(2) and 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 European Community is a Contracting Party to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention);\nWhereas the protection of the Alps is of great importance to all Member States owing to the cross-frontier nature of the environmental, economic and social problems of the Alpine area;\nWhereas the Community took part in negotiations concerning the Protocol of Accession of the Principality of Monaco to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps and signed it on 20 December 1994;\nWhereas consent to be bound by the Alpine Convention also presupposes consent to be bound by the Protocol, which extends the geographical area to which the Convention applies;\nWhereas the extension of the Alpine Convention to the Principality of Monaco makes more effective protection of the Alps throughout the entire Alpine area possible;\nWhereas the Community should therefore approve the Protocol,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 347, 18. 11. 1997, p. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ C 339, 10. 11. 1997."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 61, 12. 3. 1996, p. 31."
    }
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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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