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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1873",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1873 of 10 October 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1873",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1873\nof 10 October 2016\non the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 37 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 209(2) and 212(1), 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 from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 23 March 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for an international agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Latin American and Caribbean countries on the creation of the EU-LAC Foundation as an international organisation.\n(2)\nNegotiations for the Agreement establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation (‘the Agreement’) were successfully concluded on 29 January 2015.\n(3)\nThe Agreement will establish the EU-LAC Foundation as an international organisation with legal personality under public international law.\n(4)\nThe Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date.\n(5)\nWhen acting in the framework of the EU-LAC Foundation, the Union and its Member States should coordinate their positions in accordance with the Treaties and with the principle of sincere cooperation,\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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