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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1582",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2018/1582 of 15 October 2018 on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee established by the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee, and the establishent of subcommittees and specialised working groups and the adoption of their terms of reference",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1582",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2018/1582\nof 15 October 2018\non the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee established by the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee, and the establishent of subcommittees and specialised working groups and the adoption of their terms of reference\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 207 and 209 in conjunction with Article 218(9), thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal of the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 October 2016.\n(2)\nArticle 52(1) of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee, whose tasks include ensuring the proper functioning and implementation of the Agreement.\n(3)\nArticle 52(5) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee is to adopt its rules of procedure, and Article 52(3) provides that it is to set up subcommittees and specialised working groups.\n(4)\nIn order to ensure the effective implementation of the Agreement, the Joint Committee's rules of procedure should be adopted as soon as possible.\n(5)\nThe position of the Union within the Joint Committee as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee, and the establishment of subcommittees and specialised working groups and the adoption of their terms of reference should therefore be based on the attached draft Decisions of the Joint Committee,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 329, 3.12.2016, p. 8."
    }
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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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