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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-710/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/710",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/710 of 21 April 2015 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Turkey on trade in products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, as regards the replacement of Protocol 1 to that Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which, as regards the rules of origin, refers to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-710",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/710\nof 21 April 2015\non the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Turkey on trade in products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, as regards the replacement of Protocol 1 to that Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which, as regards the rules of origin, refers to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin\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)\nProtocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Turkey on trade in products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (‘the Agreement’), concerns the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (‘Protocol 1’).\n(2)\nThe Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (‘the Convention’) lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties.\n(3)\nThe Union and Turkey signed the Convention on 15 June 2011 and 4 November 2011 respectively.\n(4)\nThe Union and Turkey deposited their instruments of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 26 March 2012 and 4 December 2013 respectively. Consequently, in application of Article 10(3) of the Convention, the Convention entered into force in relation to the Union and Turkey on 1 May 2012 and on 1 February 2014 respectively.\n(5)\nArticle 6 of the Convention provides that each Contracting Party is to take appropriate measures to ensure that the Convention is effectively applied. To that effect, the Joint Committee established by the Agreement should adopt a decision replacing Protocol 1 by a new protocol which, with regard to the rules of origin, refers to the Convention.\n(6)\nThe position of the Union within the 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 227, 7.9.1996, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 54, 26.2.2013, p. 4."
    }
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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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