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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/123",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/123 of 26 October 2015 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/123\nof 26 October 2015\non the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 37 and Article 31(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91, Article 100(2) and Articles 207 and 209, in conjunction with Article 218(5) and the second subparagraph of Article 218(8) thereof,\nHaving regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 13 April 2011, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Kazakhstan on an Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (‘the Agreement’).\n(2)\nNegotiations on the Agreement were successful and the Agreement was initialled on 20 January 2015.\n(3)\nArticle 281 of the Agreement provides for the provisional application in whole or in part of the Agreement before its entry into force.\n(4)\nThe Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union and applied in part on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.\n(5)\nThe signing of the Agreement on behalf of the Union and the provisional application of parts of the Agreement between the Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan is without prejudice to the allocation of competences between the Union and its Member States in accordance with the Treaties,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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