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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1623/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1623",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1623 of 1 June 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and provisional application of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "1. As regards those elements falling within the competence of the Union, the Agreement shall be applied by the Union on a provisional basis as provided for in Article 113(3) thereof, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion. This does not prejudge the allocation of competences between the Union and its Member States in accordance with the Treaties.\n2. Article 12(4) of the Agreement shall not be provisionally applied by the Union.\n3. The Commission shall publish a notice indicating the date of provisional application of the Agreement.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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