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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-405/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/405",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 9 June 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (2011/405/EU)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 9 June 2011\non the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force\n(2011/405/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 19 December 2006, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 2027/2006 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde.\n(2)\nThe Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the said Partnership Agreement is to expire on 31 August 2011.\n(3)\nThe Union negotiated with the Republic of Cape Verde (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cape Verde’) a new Protocol providing EU vessels with fishing opportunities in the waters over which Cape Verde has sovereignty or jurisdiction in respect of fishing matters.\n(4)\nOn conclusion of those negotiations, the new Protocol was initialled on 22 December 2010.\n(5)\nIn order to allow EU vessels to carry out fishing activities, Article 15 of the new Protocol provides for it to be applied on a provisional basis as from 1 September 2011.\n(6)\nThe new Protocol should be signed and applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 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."
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