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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/809",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 30 November 2011 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the extension of the WTO waiver in order to implement the EU autonomous preferential trade regime for the Western Balkans (2011/809/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-809",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 30 November 2011\non the position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the extension of the WTO waiver in order to implement the EU autonomous preferential trade regime for the Western Balkans\n(2011/809/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9), thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Union has adopted legislation renewing the autonomous preferential trade regime for the Western Balkans until 31 December 2015. In the absence of a waiver from the Union’s obligations under paragraph 1 of Article I of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994), the treatment provided for in the autonomous preferential trade regime would need to be extended to all other Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is therefore appropriate to seek a waiver from paragraph 1 of Article I GATT 1994 pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article IX of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization.\n(2)\nThe Union submitted such a request on 26 October 2011, and the WTO General Council is to deliberate thereon.\n(3)\nIt is appropriate, therefore, to establish the position to be taken by the Union within the WTO General Council concerning that request,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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