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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/2035",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/2035 of 26 October 2015 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee and the Association Committee in Trade configuration established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee, the establishment of the list of experts on trade and sustainable development by that Sub-Committee, and the establishment of the list of arbitrators by the Association Committee in Trade configuration",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2035",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/2035\nof 26 October 2015\non the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee and the Association Committee in Trade configuration established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee, the establishment of the list of experts on trade and sustainable development by that Sub-Committee, and the establishment of the list of arbitrators by the Association Committee in Trade configuration\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 431 of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) provides for provisional application of the Agreement in part.\n(2)\nArticle 3 of Council Decision 2014/494/EU specifies which parts of the Agreement are to be applied provisionally, including the provisions on the establishment and functioning of the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee and of the Association Committee in Trade configuration, as set out in Article 408(4) of the Agreement (‘the Association Committee in Trade configuration’), the provisions regarding trade and sustainable development and those on dispute settlement.\n(3)\nPursuant to Article 240(3) of the Agreement, the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee is to adopt its rules of procedure.\n(4)\nPursuant to Article 243(3) of the Agreement, the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee is to establish at its first meeting a list of at least 15 individuals who are willing and able to serve as experts in panel procedures on trade and sustainable development.\n(5)\nPursuant to Article 268(1) of the Agreement, the Association Committee in Trade configuration is to establish a list of at least 15 individuals who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators in dispute settlement proceedings within 6 months of the start of the provisional application of the Agreement.\n(6)\nIt is therefore appropriate to determine the Union position as regards the rules of procedure to be adopted by the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee, the list of experts on trade and sustainable development to be established by that Sub-Committee, and as regards the list of arbitrators to be established by the Association Committee in Trade configuration,\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 261, 30.8.2014, p. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2014/494/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 Georgia, of the other part (OJ L 261, 30.8.2014, p. 1)."
    }
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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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