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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-257/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/257",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 14 March 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union (2014/257/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-257",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 14 March 2014\non the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union\n(2014/257/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 91, 100(2), 167(3) and 207, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 24 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations, on behalf of the Union and its Member States and Croatia, with the Republic of Korea in order to conclude an Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union (‘the Additional Protocol’).\n(2)\nThose negotiations were successfully completed by initialling the Additional Protocol on 8 November 2013.\n(3)\nThe Additional Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States, subject to its conclusion at a later date.\n(4)\nIn view of Croatia's accession to the Union on 1 July 2013, the Additional Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis with effect from that date,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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