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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-56/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/56",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 26 July 2010 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2011/56/EU)",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 26 July 2010\non the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction\n(2011/56/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 168(5), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EC) No 1920/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction provides, in Article 21 thereof, that the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction shall be open to the participation of any third country that shares the interests of the Union and its Member States in the Centre’s objectives and work.\n(2)\nOn 11 July 2006 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Croatia for an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’). The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement.\n(3)\nThe Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its 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 376, 27.12.2006, p. 1."
    }
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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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