{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-497/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2003/497",
  "legislation_title": "Political and Security Committee Decision FYROM/2/2003 of 10 March 2003 on the acceptance of third States contributions to the European Union military operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2003/497/CFSP)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-497",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Political and Security Committee Decision FYROM/2/2003\nof 10 March 2003\non the acceptance of third States contributions to the European Union military operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia\n(2003/497/CFSP)\nTHE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 25, last paragraph, thereof,\nHaving regard to the Council Joint Action 2003/92/CFSP of 27 January 2003 on the European Union Military Operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and in particular Article 8(2) and (3), thereof on the participation of third States,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 8(1) of the Joint Action provides that\nthe non-EU European NATO members shall participate in the operation if they so wish,\ncountries which have been invited by the Copenhagen European Council to become Member States are invited to participate in the operation, in accordance with the agreed modalities,\npotential partners may also be invited to participate in the operation.\n(2)\nUnder Article 8 of the Joint Action, the Council authorised the PSC to take, upon recommendation of the Operation Commander and the EU Military Committee, the relevant decisions on acceptance of the proposed contributions.\n(3)\nUpon request of the PSC and the tasking by the EUMC, the EU Operation Commander and EU Force Commander have conducted the Force Generation and Manning Conferences.\n(4)\nThe EUMC agreed on 6 March 2003 to the recommendation of the Operation Commander on third States contributions and submitted to the PSC on 6 March its recommendation to accept these third States contributions,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 26."
    }
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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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