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  "legislation": "eudn/1998/537",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 13 July 1998 approving the text of the amendment to the trade-related provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty and its provisional application agreed by the Energy Charter Conference and the International Conference of the Signatories of the Energy Charter Treaty (98/537/EC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 13 July 1998\napproving the text of the amendment to the trade-related provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty and its provisional application agreed by the Energy Charter Conference and the International Conference of the Signatories of the Energy Charter Treaty\n(98/537/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228(2),\nHaving regard to Article 3(2) of Council and Commission Decision 98/181/EC, ECSC, Euratom of 23 September 1997,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas the Energy Charter Treaty was signed on 17 December 1994 by the European Communities and their Member States;\nWhereas the European Communities and a large majority of their Member States deposited their instruments of approval or ratification on 16 December 1997 with the Depositary, the Government of the Portuguese Republic;\nWhereas the remaining Member States will ratify the Energy Charter Treaty soon;\nWhereas the Energy Charter Treaty entered into force on 16 April 1998;\nWhereas since the day of its signature the Energy Charter Treaty has been applied, to the extent possible, on a provisional basis and will continue to be so applied to the extent possible, by those signatories who have not yet ratified the Treaty;\nWhereas the Energy Charter Treaty provides for the examination of its trade provisions in the light of the results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and of the inclusion of energy related equipment in the trade provisions, with a view to the adoption of such amendments by the Energy Charter Conference;\nWhereas the introduction in the Treaty of the relevant WTO provisions by reference instead of the GATT 1947 provisions contained therein, as well as the inclusion of energy-related equipment in the trade provisions, are in the interest of the Community;\nWhereas the Community has exclusive competence for common commercial policy;\nWhereas an International Conference was held at the same time as the Energy Charter Treaty Conference in order to enable the participation of all the signatories to the Energy Charter Treaty in the decision-making procedure;\nWhereas the Energy Charter Conference and the said International Conference held on 24 April 1998 agreed on the text of the Amendment to the trade-related provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty, including the list of energy related equipment, and on related decisions, understandings and declarations (Trade Amendment);\nWhereas the Community should give formal definitive approval to the text of the Trade Amendment;\nWhereas the Trade Amendment should be applied on a provisional basis pending its entry into force, in accordance with its provisions,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 69, 9. 3. 1998, p. 1."
    }
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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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