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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1261/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1261",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/1261 of 15 July 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part, as regards the adoption of decisions on the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and on the terms of reference of the specialised subcommittees",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1261",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/1261\nof 15 July 2019\non the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part, as regards the adoption of decisions on the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and on the terms of reference of the specialised subcommittees\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 from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’), entered into force on 1 March 2018.\n(2)\nArticle 48(1) of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee to ensure the proper functioning and implementation of the Agreement (the ‘Joint Committee’).\n(3)\nArticle 48(5) of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee is to adopt its rules of procedure and Article 48(3) provides that it may set up specialised subcommittees.\n(4)\nIn order to ensure the effective implementation of the Agreement, the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee should be adopted as soon as possible.\n(5)\nIt is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the Joint Committee.\n(6)\nThe position of the Union within the Joint Committee should therefore be to support the adoption of 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 343, 22.12.2017, 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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