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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/733",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/733 of 9 October 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-733",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/733\nof 9 October 2014\non the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217 in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 24 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of South Africa, on behalf of the Union, its Member States and the Republic of Croatia, to conclude an Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (‘the Protocol’).\n(2)\nThose negotiations were successfully completed on 19 May 2014.\n(3)\nThe Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States, subject to its conclusion at a later date.\n(4)\nThe Protocol should be applied provisionally,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The text of the Agreement is published in OJ L 311, 4.12.1999, p. 3."
    }
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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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