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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-902/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/902",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2018/902 of 21 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2018/902\nof 21 April 2016\non the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol to the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Articles 207 and 212, in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part (‘the Agreement’), was signed in Brussels on 10 May 2010.\n(2)\nThe Republic of Croatia became a Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013.\n(3)\nUnder the terms of Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession, Croatia's accession to the Agreement is to be agreed by means of a Protocol to the Agreement. A simplified procedure is to apply whereby the Protocol is to be concluded by the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and by the third countries concerned.\n(4)\nOn 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned. The negotiations with the Republic of Korea were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Protocol.\n(5)\nArticle 4(3) of the Protocol provides for its provisional application before its entry into force.\n(6)\nThe Protocol should be signed, and applied on a provisional basis pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 20, 23.1.2013, p. 2."
    }
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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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