{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-917/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/917",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/917 of 9 June 2016 repealing Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-917",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/917\nof 9 June 2016\nrepealing Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 15 October 2010, the United Nations Security Council adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution (‘UNSCR’) 1946 (2010) which renewed the measures imposed against Côte d'Ivoire.\n(2)\nOn 29 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire.\n(3)\nOn 28 April 2016, the United Nations Security Council adopted UNSCR 2283 (2016), terminating, with immediate effect, all UN sanctions against Côte d'Ivoire.\n(4)\nIn the light of UNSCR 2283 (2016) as well as recent developments in Côte d'Ivoire, the Council has decided to lift also the entirety of the Union's own, additional restrictive measures against that country.\n(5)\nDecision 2010/656/CFSP should therefore be repealed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP of 29 October 2010 renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire (OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}