{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-719/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/719",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 5 October 2006 on the accession of the Community to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (2006/719/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-719",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "Sole Article",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The Community shall accede to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) by means of the declaration of acceptance of the Statute of the HCCH (Statute), as set out in Annex I to this Decision, as soon as the HCCH has taken the formal decision to admit the Community as a Member.\n2. The Community shall also deposit a declaration of competence specifying the matters in respect of which competence has been transferred to it by its Member States, as set out in Annex II to this Decision, and a declaration on certain matters concerning the HCCH, as set out in Annex III to this Decision.\n3. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to carry out such procedures as may be necessary to give effect to paragraphs 1 and 2.\n4. The text of the Statute is attached to this Decision as Annex IV.\n5. For the purpose of this Decision the term ‘Member State’ shall mean Member States with the exception of Denmark.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/719/article/1",
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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."
}