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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/2208",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/2208 of 9 December 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Protocol No. 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2208",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/2208\nof 9 December 2019\non the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Protocol No. 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(3) and (4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) was signed on behalf of the Union on 28 July 2016 pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2016/1850 and has been applied on a provisional basis since 15 December 2016.\n(2)\nPursuant to Article 14 of the Agreement, the Parties are to establish a common and reciprocal regime governing rules of origin. This new regime is to be annexed to the Agreement by decision of the EPA Committee.\n(3)\nThe EPA Committee, at its annual meeting in 2019, is to adopt a decision as regards Protocol No. 1 to the Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and the methods of administrative cooperation.\n(4)\nProtocol No. 1 takes into account the most recent developments to provide more flexible and simpler rules of origin aiming at facilitating trade for economic operators and optimising the utilisation rate of the preferential treatment provided for in the Agreement.\n(5)\nIt is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union at the next meeting of the EPA Committee, as that decision will be binding on the Union.\n(6)\nThe position of the Union within the EPA Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1850 of 21 November 2008 on the signature and provisional application of the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (OJ L 287, 21.10.2016, p. 1)."
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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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