{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2249/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/2249",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/2249 of 19 December 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Rules of Origin of the World Trade Organization",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2249",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/2249\nof 19 December 2019\non the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Rules of Origin of the World Trade Organization\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement on Rules of Origin (the ‘Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision 94/800/EC and entered into force on 1 January 1995.\n(2)\nArticle 4 of the Agreement establishes the Committee on Rules of Origin.\n(3)\nThe Committee on Rules of Origin is to adopt a communication entitled ‘Enhancing Transparency in Non-preferential Rules of Origin’.\n(4)\nIt is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Committee on Rules of Origin, as the communication to be adopted will be binding on the Union.\n(5)\nThe proposed position to be taken on the Union’s behalf aims to enhance transparency of laws, regulations and practices regarding non-preferential rules of origin, by means of rules on mandatory or voluntary notification by World Trade Organization (WTO) members of their non-preferential rules of origin, using standardised templates. This will result in clearer and more predictable rules of origin and will facilitate the flow of international trade,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994) (OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 1)."
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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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