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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-443/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/443",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 8 July 2014 on a position to be taken, on behalf of the European Union, within the Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures set up by the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, as regards the adoption of its Rules of Procedure (2014/443/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-443",
  "path": "schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Composition and Chair",
  "text": "1. The Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (as ‘the SPS Sub-committee’) that is established in accordance with Article 103 of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) shall perform its duties as provided in Article 103 of the Agreement and take responsibility to ensure and monitor the implementation of Chapter 5 on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures.\n2. As provided for in Article 103(2) of the Agreement, the SPS Sub-committee shall be composed of the representatives designated by each Party with responsibilities for sanitary and phytosanitary matters.\n3. The SPS-Sub-committee shall be chaired, on a rotational basis, for a period of one year by a senior official of the European Commission, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, by a senior official of the Colombian Government, or by a senior official of the Peruvian Government. The first chairing period shall begin on the date of the first Trade Committee meeting and end on 31 December of the same year. The SPS Sub-committee shall be chaired by the Party holding the chair in the Trade Committee.\n4. The SPS Sub-committee may meet in sessions where only the EU Party and one signatory Andean Country participate, regarding matters which relate exclusively to their bilateral relationship. Such sessions will be co-chaired by both Parties. Other signatory Andean Countries may participate in such sessions, subject to prior agreement of the Parties concerned.\n5. Reference to the Parties in the Rules of Procedure is in accordance with the definition provided for in Article 6 of the Agreement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 354, 21.12.2012, p. 3."
    }
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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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