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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1026/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/1026",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/1026 of 24 April 2020 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and Japan",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1026",
  "path": "article/5",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "The Commission shall be authorised to approve, on behalf of the Union, amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement adopted by the Joint Committee in accordance with point (c) of Article 11(2) of the Agreement in so far as such amendments are consistent with, and do not entail any modification of, relevant Union legal acts, subject to the following conditions:\n(a) the Commission shall ensure that the approval on behalf of the Union:\nis in the interests of the Union;\nserves the objectives pursued by the Union within the framework of its aviation safety and trade policy;\ntakes into account the interests of the manufacturers, traders and consumers of the Union;\nis not contrary to Union law or international law;\nwhere applicable, supports the improvement of the quality of civil aeronautical products by improving the detection of fraudulent and misleading practices;\nwhere applicable, aims at the approximation of standards relating to civil aeronautical products;\nwhere applicable, avoids creating obstacles to innovation; and\nwhere applicable, facilitates trade in civil aeronautical products; and\n(b) the Commission submits the proposed amendments to the Council in a timely manner before their approval.\nThe Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States shall assess whether the proposed amendments satisfy the conditions laid down in point (a) of the first paragraph.\nThe Commission shall approve the proposed amendments on behalf of the Union unless a number of Member States representing a blocking minority of the Council in accordance with Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union object to them. If there is such a blocking minority, the Commission shall reject the proposed amendments on behalf of the Union.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1026/article/5",
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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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