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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-357/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/357",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/357 of 15 January 2016 on the position to be adopted by the European Union within the EU-the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Stabilisation and Association Council on the participation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as an observer in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' work and the respective modalities thereof, within the framework set out in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007, including provisions relating to participation in initiatives undertaken by the Agency, to the financial contribution and to staff",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-357",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/357\nof 15 January 2016\non the position to be adopted by the European Union within the EU-the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Stabilisation and Association Council on the participation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as an observer in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' work and the respective modalities thereof, within the framework set out in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007, including provisions relating to participation in initiatives undertaken by the Agency, to the financial contribution and to staff\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 352, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Luxembourg European Council of December 1997 made participation in Union agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy. The conclusions of that European Council state that the Union ‘agencies in which applicant countries will be able to participate will be determined on a case-by-case basis’.\n(2)\nCouncil Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 provides that the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (the ‘Agency’) is to be open to the participation of candidate countries within the framework set out in Articles 4 and 5 thereof.\n(3)\nThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shares the aims and objectives of the Agency and subscribes to the scope and description of the tasks of the Agency, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 168/2007.\n(4)\nThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's ultimate objective is to become a member of the Union, and its participation in the Agency will help it achieve this objective,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (OJ L 53, 22.2.2007, p. 1)."
    }
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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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