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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-266/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/266",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 6 May 2014 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the adaptation of Protocol 3 to the Agreement (Definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation) following Croatia's accession to the European Union (2014/266/EU)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 6 May 2014\non the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the adaptation of Protocol 3 to the Agreement (Definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation) following Croatia's accession to the European Union\n(2014/266/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 the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation are set out in Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 (‘the Agreement’).\n(2)\nUpon Croatia's accession to the European Union on 1 July 2013, trade between Croatia and the Swiss Confederation (‘Switzerland’) is subject to the Agreement and the application of the trade agreements concluded between Croatia and Switzerland is discontinued from that date.\n(3)\nIn order to ensure the proper functioning of the Agreement and with a view to facilitating the work of economic operators and customs administrations, Protocol 3 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(4)\nPursuant to Article 39 of Protocol 3, the Joint Committee may decide to amend the provisions of that Protocol.\n(5)\nThe position of the Union within the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189."
    }
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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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