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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-118/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/118",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/118 of 21 January 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Trade and Development Committee established under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, as regards the establishment of a list of arbitrators",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-118",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/118\nof 21 January 2019\non the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Trade and Development Committee established under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, as regards the establishment of a list of arbitrators\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207 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 European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) was signed by the Union and its Member States on 10 June 2016. It has been provisionally applied between the Union, of the one part, and Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa, of the other part, since 10 October 2016, and between the Union and Mozambique since 4 February 2018.\n(2)\nPursuant to Article 94(1) of the Agreement, the Trade and Development Committee is to establish a list of 21 individuals who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators, no later than three months after the entry into force of the Agreement.\n(3)\nIt is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the Trade and Development Committee concerning the establishment of a list of arbitrators.\n(4)\nThe position of the Union within the Trade and Development Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 250, 16.9.2016, p. 3."
    }
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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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