{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-392/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/392",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/392 of 4 March 2019 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-392",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/392\nof 4 March 2019\non the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91 and Article 100(2), in conjunction with point (a) of Article 218(6) and Article 218(7) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nHaving regard to the consent of the European Parliament,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Commission negotiated, on behalf of the Union, a Treaty establishing the Transport Community (‘the Transport Community Treaty’) between the European Union and the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia.\n(2)\nThe Transport Community Treaty was signed on behalf of the Union on 9 October 2017, subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/1937, and it has been applied on a provisional basis in accordance with Article 41(3) of the Transport Community Treaty.\n(3)\nThe Transport Community Treaty furthers the development of transport between the Union and the South East European Parties on the basis of the provisions of the Union acquis.\n(4)\nMeetings of the Ministerial Council or the Regional Steering Committee established, respectively, under Articles 21 and 24 of the Transport Community Treaty, should be properly prepared within the Council, based on proposals and other documents from the Commission, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Commission should be empowered to approve, on behalf of the Union, amendments to the lists of Union acts set out in Annex I to the Transport Community Treaty, in accordance with point (a) of Article 20(3) thereof and after appropriate consultation.\n(5)\nThe Transport Community Treaty should be approved,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Consent of 13 February 2019 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244(1999) and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1937 of 11 July 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community (OJ L 278, 27.10.2017, 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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