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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-255/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/255",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/255 of 23 February 2016 amending the Annex to the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Vatican City State",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-255",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/255\nof 23 February 2016\namending the Annex to the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Vatican City State\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to the Monetary Agreement of 17 December 2009 between the European Union and the Vatican City State, and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 8(1) of the Monetary Agreement between the European Union and the Vatican City State (‘the Monetary Agreement’) requires the Vatican City State to implement Union legal acts and rules on euro banknotes and coins, prevention of money laundering, of fraud and counterfeiting of cash and non-cash means of payment; medals and tokens and statistical reporting requirements. Those acts and rules are listed in the Annex to the Monetary Agreement.\n(2)\nThe Annex to the Monetary Agreement needs to be amended by the Commission every year to take into account the new relevant Union legal acts and rules and the amendments to the existing ones.\n(3)\nSome new relevant legal acts and rules of the Union and some amendments to existing legal acts were adopted and have to be added to the Annex.\n(4)\nThe Annex to the Monetary Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/255/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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