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  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 14 June 2010 on the position to be adopted by the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers concerning the transitional measures applicable from the date of signing to the date of entry into force of the Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2010/614/EU)",
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  "text": "Council Decision\nof 14 June 2010\non the position to be adopted by the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers concerning the transitional measures applicable from the date of signing to the date of entry into force of the Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005\n(2010/614/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Cotonou Agreement’) and in particular Article 95(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Cotonou Agreement was concluded for 20 years commencing on 1 March 2000. However, provision was made for the possibility of amending it through a revision process after each five-year period.\n(2)\nNegotiations for the first amendment of the Cotonou Agreement were concluded in Brussels on 23 February 2005. The Amending Agreement was signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and entered into force on 1 July 2008.\n(3)\nOn 23 February 2009, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States with a view to undertaking the second amendment of the Cotonou Agreement.\n(4)\nThe negotiations were concluded on 19 March 2010 by the initialling, at an extraordinary ACP-EU Council of Ministers’ meeting, of the texts forming the basis of the Agreement amending for the second time the Cotonou Agreement (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’).\n(5)\nThe Agreement, to be signed in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010, will enter into force upon completion of the ratification procedures referred to in Article 93 of the Cotonou Agreement.\n(6)\nIn accordance with Article 95(3) of the Cotonou Agreement, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers shall adopt transitional measures as necessary to cover the period from the date of signing to the date of entry into force of the Agreement.\n(7)\nThe provisional application of the Agreement should constitute both a necessary and sufficient transitional measure,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 27."
    }
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