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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/178",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/178 of 27 January 2015 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee and the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, as regards the adoption of decisions of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee and the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee on their Rules of Procedure",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-178",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/178\nof 27 January 2015\non the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee and the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, as regards the adoption of decisions of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee and the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee on their Rules of Procedure\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)\nArticle 464 of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) provides for provisional application of the Agreement in part.\n(2)\nArticle 3 of Council Decision 2014/492/EU specifies which parts of the Agreement are to be applied provisionally, including the provisions on the establishment and functioning of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee (‘SPS Sub-Committee’), the Customs Sub-Committee, and the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee (‘GI Sub-Committee’).\n(3)\nPursuant to Article 191(5) of the Agreement, the SPS Sub-Committee is to adopt its own rules of procedure at its first meeting.\n(4)\nPursuant to Article 200(3)(e) of the Agreement, the Customs Sub-Committee is to adopt its own rules of procedure.\n(5)\nPursuant to Article 306(3) of the Agreement, the GI Sub-Committee is to determine its own rules of procedure.\n(6)\nIt is therefore appropriate to determine the Union position in relation to the rules of procedure to be adopted by those sub-committees,\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 260, 30.8.2014, p. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2014/492/EU of 16 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (OJ L 260, 30.8.2014, p. 1)."
    }
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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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