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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/155",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/155 of 27 January 2015 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Trade in Goods set up by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the rules on Tariff Rate Quota administration",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/155\nof 27 January 2015\non the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Trade in Goods set up by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the rules on Tariff Rate Quota administration\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 6 October 2010.\n(2)\nPursuant to its Article 15.10(5), the Agreement has been provisionally applied since 1 July 2011 pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.\n(3)\nArticle 15.1 of the Agreement establishes a Trade Committee, which, inter alia, has the task of ensuring that the Agreement operates properly and of supervising the work of all specialised committees.\n(4)\nIn accordance with Article 15.2 of the Agreement, specialised committees were established under the auspices of the Trade Committee. The Committee on Trade in Goods, in accordance with Article 2.16 of the Agreement, is one of those specialised committees.\n(5)\nPursuant to point 2 of Appendix 2-A-1 of the Agreement, it is possible for Korea to use an auction system to administer and implement Tariff Rate Quotas (‘TRQs’) applied by Korea to milk and cream, butter, honey and oranges originating in the Union on the basis of the Agreement. The terms of the auction system are to be established by mutual agreement of the Parties within the Committee on Trade in Goods.\n(6)\nPursuant to point 3 of Appendix 2-A-1 of the Agreement, it is possible for Korea to use a licensing system to administer and implement certain TRQs. The Parties are to agree in the Committee on Trade in Goods on the policies and procedures for the licensing system, including eligibility to receive TRQ quantities, and any changes or amendments to them.\n(7)\nIt is necessary to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the Committee on Trade in Goods as regards the rules on TRQ administration.\n(8)\nThe joint decision will be taken by an exchange of notes between the Union and Korea, to be signed by a Commission representative on behalf of the Union.\n(9)\nThe position of the Union within the Committee on Trade in Goods should therefore be based on the draft Decision of the Committee on Trade in Goods annexed to this Decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 127, 14.5.2011, p. 6."
    }
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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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