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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-454/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/454",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 8 July 2014 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement (2014/454/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-454",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 8 July 2014\non the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement\n(2014/454/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 175(1) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.\n(2)\nPursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement.\n(3)\nDirective 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.\n(4)\nAnnex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe position of the Union within EEA 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 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71)."
    }
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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."
}