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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/455",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/455 of 22 March 2016 authorising the opening of negotiations on behalf of the European Union on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction",
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  "text": "The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in consultation with a special committee that is hereby established. The special committee is the Law of the Sea Working Party (COMAR).",
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