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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-354/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/354",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2013/354/CFSP of 3 July 2013 on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-354",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision 2013/354/CFSP\nof 3 July 2013\non the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28, Article 42(4) and Article 43(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 14 November 2005, the Council adopted Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) for a period of three years. The operational phase of EUPOL COPPS began on 1 January 2006.\n(2)\nOn 17 December 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/784/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS), which continued EUPOL COPPS as from 1 January 2011. Decision 2010/784/CFSP expires on 30 June 2013.\n(3)\nOn 7 June 2013 the Political and Security Committee (PSC) recommended that the Mission be extended for an additional period of 12 months until 30 June 2014.\n(4)\nThe watch-keeping capability should be activated for the Mission.\n(5)\nEUPOL COPPS will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the achievement of the objectives of the Union's external action as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 335, 18.12.2010, p. 60."
    }
  ],
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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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