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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1121/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1121",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/1121 of 25 June 2019 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1121",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/1121\nof 25 June 2019\non the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91(1), Article 100(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 23 April 2007, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate a free trade agreement (‘FTA’) with Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). That authorisation provided for the possibility of bilateral negotiations.\n(2)\nOn 22 December 2009, the Council authorised the Commission to pursue bilateral FTA negotiations with individual ASEAN Member States. In June 2012, the Commission launched bilateral negotiations on an FTA with Viet Nam to be conducted in accordance with the existing negotiating directives.\n(3)\nThe negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (‘the Agreement’) have been concluded.\n(4)\nThe Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1121/introduction",
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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."
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