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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/997",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/997 of 16 June 2008 on the signing on behalf of the European Community of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/997\nof 16 June 2008\non the signing on behalf of the European Community of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nNegotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part, have been completed.\n(2)\nThe commercial provisions contained in the Agreement are of an exceptional nature, connected with the policy implemented within the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Process and will not constitute, for the European Union, any precedent in the commercial policy of the Community with regard to third countries other than those of the Western Balkans.\n(3)\nThe Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Community subject to its conclusion at a later date,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/997/introduction",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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