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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1202/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1202",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1202 of 18 July 2016 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on the United States' request for a WTO waiver to extend the system of preferential treatment granted to the Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1202",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1202\nof 18 July 2016\nestablishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on the United States' request for a WTO waiver to extend the system of preferential treatment granted to the Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands\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)\nParagraphs 3 and 4 of Article IX of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (‘WTO Agreement’) set out the procedures for waiving an obligation imposed on a Member by the WTO Agreement or any of the Multilateral Trade Agreements.\n(2)\nThe United States was granted a waiver of obligations under paragraph 1 of Article I of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (‘GATT 1994’), which was most recently extended on 1 August 2007 covering the period through 31 December 2016.\n(3)\nPursuant to paragraph 3 of Article IX of the WTO Agreement, the United States submitted a request to waive until 31 December 2026 its obligations under paragraph 1 of Article I of the GATT 1994 to the extent necessary to permit the United States to continue providing preferential treatment to eligible products of the Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau) imported into the customs territory of the United States.\n(4)\nThe granting of the United States request for a WTO waiver would not affect negatively either the economy of the Union or the trade relations with the beneficiaries of the waiver.\n(5)\nIt is appropriate, therefore, to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the WTO General Council to support the waiver request by the United States,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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