{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-812/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/812",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2012/812/CFSP of 20 December 2012 amending Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-812",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision 2012/812/CFSP\nof 20 December 2012\namending Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 29 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 7 July 2003, the Council adopted Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq in implementation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1483 (2003).\n(2)\nOn 15 December 2010, the UNSC adopted Resolution 1956 (2010) by which it decided that the full proceeds from the Development Fund for Iraq should be transferred to the Government of Iraq’s successor arrangements account or accounts and that the Development Fund for Iraq should be terminated no later than 30 June 2011.\n(3)\nCommon Position 2003/495/CFSP should therefore be amended to permit the transfer of frozen funds, other financial assets or economic resources to the successor arrangements to the Development Fund for Iraq put in place by the Government of Iraq under the conditions set out in Security Council Resolutions 1483 (2003) and 1956 (2010).\n(4)\nCommon Position 2003/495/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 72."
    }
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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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