{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1999-37/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1999-37/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1999/37",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 26 November 1998 on the position to be taken by the European Community on the rules concerning the conduct of the conciliation of transit disputes to be adopted by the Energy Charter Conference (1999/37/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1999-37",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 26 November 1998\non the position to be taken by the European Community on the rules concerning the conduct of the conciliation of transit disputes to be adopted by the Energy Charter Conference\n(1999/37/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Article 3(2) of Council and Commission Decision 98/181/EC, ECSC, Euratom,\nHaving regard to the initiative 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 of the Energy Charter Treaty 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 Article 7 of the Energy Charter Treaty provides that each Contracting Party is to take the necessary measures to facilitate the transit of energy materials and products consistent with the principle of freedom of transit and without distinction as to the origin, destination or ownership of such energy materials and products or discrimination as to pricing on the basis of such distinctions, and without imposing any unreasonable delays, restrictions or charges;\nWhereas the said Article also contains provisions which are applicable to a dispute over any matter arising from transit;\nWhereas Article 7 of the Energy Charter Treaty provides that the Charter Conference is to adopt standard provisions concerning the conduct of conciliation and the compensation of conciliators;\nWhereas draft rules concerning the conduct of the conciliation of transit disputes were discussed at the Charter Conference held on 23/24 April 1998; whereas the Charter Conference agreed that these draft rules should serve as guidance pending their formal approval;\nWhereas the Charter Conference to be held on 3/4 December 1998 should formally adopt these draft rules as finalized in the meantime;\nWhereas the Community should approve these draft rules in the Charter Conference,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 69, 9. 3. 1998, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1999/37/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:59.630742+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}