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  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1546 of 29 September 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Australia, of the other part",
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  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1546\nof 29 September 2016\non the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Australia, of the other part\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 Article 207 and Article 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 European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 10 October 2011, the Council authorised the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to open negotiations with Australia on a Framework Agreement to replace the EU-Australia Partnership Framework of 2008.\n(2)\nThe negotiations on the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Australia, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’) were successfully concluded on 5 March 2015. The Agreement reflects both the historically close relationship and increasingly strong links developing between the Parties, and their desire to further strengthen and extend their relations in an ambitious and innovative way.\n(3)\nArticle 61 of the Agreement provides that the Union and Australia may apply provisionally certain provisions of the Agreement, determined mutually by the two Parties, pending its entry into force.\n(4)\nThe Agreement should therefore be signed on behalf of the Union and some of its provisions should be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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