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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-341/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/341",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 25 June 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement (2012/341/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-341",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 25 June 2012\non the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement\n(2012/341/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2), in conjunction with 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 XIII to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (the ‘EEA Agreement’) was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 90/2011 of 19 July 2011, by virtue of which Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community was incorporated into the EEA Agreement.\n(2)\nThrough the inclusion of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 into the Air Transport Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation, the same regime has been established between the Union and Switzerland for Swiss and Community air carriers.\n(3)\nThrough the inclusion of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 into the Convention establishing the European Free Trade Association (Vaduz Convention), the same regime has also been established between Switzerland and the EEA EFTA States for Swiss and EEA EFTA air carriers.\n(4)\nAnnex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended to grant Swiss air carriers the right to operate air services from a Member State of the Union to an EEA EFTA State and vice versa.\n(5)\nThe position of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee should 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 262, 6.10.2011, p. 62."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 293, 31.10.2008, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Decision No 1/2010 of the Joint Community/Switzerland Air Transport Committee of 7 April 2010 (OJ L 106, 28.4.2010, p. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Decision of the EFTA Council No 1/2012 of 22 March 2012."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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