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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/455",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 9 July 2013 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Monaco on the application of certain Community acts on the territory of the Principality of Monaco (2013/455/EU)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "Council Decision\nof 9 July 2013\non the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Monaco on the application of certain Community acts on the territory of the Principality of Monaco\n(2013/455/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2003/885/EC of 17 November 2003 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on the application of certain Community acts on the territory of the Principality of Monaco, and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Monaco on the application of certain Community acts on the territory of the Principality of Monaco (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 May 2004.\n(2)\nArticle 1(1) of the Agreement provides that the Annex to the Agreement shall be amended by the Joint Committee established by the Agreement to ensure that Union acts falling within the scope of the Agreement apply on the territory of Monaco.\n(3)\nSince the entry into force of the Agreement, the Union has adopted a number of acts that fall within its scope and some acts appearing in the Annex have been repealed. It is therefore necessary to update the Annex to include the new acts and to delete the acts that have been repealed. In addition, it is necessary to include acts falling within the scope of the Agreement but not currently referenced in the Annex, including Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 setting standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human blood and blood components and Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, resting, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells because certain of their provisions apply to the manufacturing of medicinal products.\n(4)\nThe position of the Union in the 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 332, 19.12.2003, p. 41."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 332, 19.12.2003, p. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 33, 8.2.2003, p 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 48."
    }
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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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