{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-361/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/361",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 5 June 2014 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers regarding the revision of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (2014/361/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-361",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 5 June 2014\non the position to be taken by the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers regarding the revision of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement\n(2014/361/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 209(2) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ACP-EC Partnership Agreement’),\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 100 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement states that Annexes Ia, Ib, II, III, IV and VI to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement may be revised, reviewed and/or amended by the ACP-EU Council of Ministers on the basis of a recommendation from the ACP-EU Development Finance Cooperation Committee.\n(2)\nInternational commitments toward aid effectiveness were taken by the Parties to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement in Busan, Accra and at the OECD-DAC in Paris in 2010.\n(3)\nThe rules of nationality and origin could be further improved in line with those international commitments.\n(4)\nClarification and simplification of the provisions of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement could improve the efficiency of the implementation of the EDF,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. Agreement as amended by the Agreement signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 4) and by the Agreement signed in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010 (OJ L 287, 4.11.2010, p. 3)."
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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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