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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",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/1026\nof 24 April 2020\non the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and Japan\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(5) and Article 218(7) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union, an Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and Japan (‘the Agreement’) in accordance with the Council Decision of 7 March 2016. The negotiations were successfully concluded with the initialling of the Agreement on 25 July 2019.\n(2)\nThe objective of the Agreement is to foster bilateral cooperation on civil aviation safety and facilitate trade and investment in civil aeronautical products between the Union and Japan.\n(3)\nIt is necessary to lay down procedural arrangements for the participation of the Union in the joint bodies established under the Agreement, for the adoption of safeguard measures, requests for consultations and measures to suspend acceptance obligations, as well as for the adoption of decisions concerning amendments of the Annexes to the Agreement.\n(4)\nThe Agreement should be signed and applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
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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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