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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-416/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1998/416",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 16 June 1998 on the accession of the European Community to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (98/41 6/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-416",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 16 June 1998\non the accession of the European Community to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean\n(98/41 6/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 228(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the assent of the European Parliament,\nWhereas the European Community is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which obliges all members of the international community to cooperate in the conservation and management of the biological resources of the sea;\nWhereas, as regards sea fisheries, the European Community is responsible for adopting measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources and in that connection for entering into commitments with non-member countries or international organisations;\nWhereas the management and conservation of the living resources of the Mediterranean Sea requires international regulation;\nWhereas, to that end, the Agreement establishing the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (hereinafter referred to as the ‘GFCM Agreement’) was concluded in Rome on 24 September 1949;\nWhereas, to contribute to the conservation of living marine resources in the area covered by the GFCM Agreement in which Community fishermen operate, it is necessary for the European Community to accede to the GFCM;\nWhereas the European Community became a member of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 26 November 1991;\nWhereas the accession of the European Community to the GFCM is possible under Article I(2) of the GFCM Agreement, read in conjunction with Article XIV of the revised FAO Constitution;\nWhereas the Agreement and Rules of Procedure of the GFCM have been adapted to permit the accession of the European Community,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 124, 21. 4. 1997, p. 61."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ C 195, 22. 6. 1998."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1998/416/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."
}