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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-579/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/579",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 29 April 2004 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (2004/579/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-579",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 29 April 2004\non the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime\n(2004/579/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 47, 55, 95 and 179, in conjunction with Articles 300(2) first sentence and 300(3) first subparagraph thereof;\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe elements of the Convention which are subject to Community competence were negotiated by the Commission, with the approval of the Council, on behalf of the Community.\n(2)\nThe Council instructed the Commission to negotiate the accession of the Community to the Convention in question.\n(3)\nNegotiations were successfully concluded and the resulting instrument has been signed by the Community on 12 December 2000 in accordance with Decision 2001/87/EC.\n(4)\nSome Member States are parties to the Convention while the ratification process is under way in other Member States.\n(5)\nThe conditions permitting the Community to deposit the instrument of approval provided for in Article 36(3) of the Convention have been fulfilled.\n(6)\nThe Convention should be approved to enable the Community to become a party to it within the limits of its competence.\n(7)\nThe Community shall, when depositing the instrument of approval, also deposit a declaration on the extent of the European Community's competence with respect to matters governed by the Convention under Article 36(3) thereof,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Opinion delivered on 13 January 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 30, 1.2.2001, p. 44."
    }
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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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