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  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1922 of 16 October 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the amendment of Annex IX to Protocol I",
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  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1922\nof 16 October 2017\non the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the amendment of Annex IX to Protocol I\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 15 October 2008, and has been applied provisionally since 29 December 2008.\n(2)\nPursuant to Article 229(1) and (2) of the Agreement, the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council (‘the Joint Council’) may adopt decisions that are binding on the Parties and the Signatory CARIFORUM States, which shall take all the measures necessary to implement them in accordance with internal rules of each Party and of each Signatory CARIFORUM State.\n(3)\nThe Joint Council, at its fourth meeting on 17 November 2017, is to adopt a decision on the amendment of Annex IX to Protocol I of the Agreement (‘Annex IX’) that includes the list of Overseas Countries and Territories (‘OCTs’).\n(4)\nIn light of the change of status of three territories, that amendment aims to update the list of OCTs set out in Annex IX and harmonise it with the one set out in the Annex II to the Treaty.\n(5)\nIn the Joint Council, the Union is to be represented by the Commission in accordance with Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). The Member States are to support the position of the Union in accordance with Article 4(3) TEU.\n(6)\nIt is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union in the Joint Council.\n(7)\nThe position of the Union within the Joint Council should teherefore be based on the attached draft Decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
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  "status": null,
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      "text": "OJ L 289, 30.10.2008, p. 3."
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