# Council Decision of 20 January 2014 concerning the renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation (2014/50/EU), Article 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, make the following notification:
‘As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community. Therefore, references to “the European Community” in the text of the Agreement are, where appropriate, to be read as to “the European Union” ’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/50/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-50/article-3
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