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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-228/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/228",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 April 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement (2012/228/EU)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 24 April 2012\non the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement\n(2012/228/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 338(1) and Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAnnex XXI to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), contains specific provisions and arrangements concerning statistics.\n(2)\nRegulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts should be incorporated into the Agreement.\n(3)\nWith regard to Iceland, Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 are to be implemented within two years from the first transmission deadline to allow for the further development of the Icelandic national environmental accounts.\n(4)\nSince Liechtenstein is already exempted from the European system of national and regional accounts under Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community, it is also to be exempted from the obligations concerning the European environmental economic accounts.\n(5)\nThe position of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,\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 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1."
    }
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