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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1075/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/1075",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/1075 of 26 June 2020 on the conclusion of the Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and the Government of the People’s Republic of China",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1075",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/1075\nof 26 June 2020\non the conclusion of the Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and the Government of the People’s Republic of China\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 point (a)(v) of the second subparagraph 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)\nOn behalf of the Union, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (the ‘Agreement’) in accordance with Council Decision of 7 March 2016 authorising the Commission to open negotiations.\n(2)\nIn accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2018/1153, the Agreement was signed on 20 May 2019, subject to its conclusion at a later date.\n(3)\nIt is necessary to lay down procedural arrangements for the participation of the Union in the joint bodies established by the Agreement and for the adoption of safeguard measures, requests for consultations and measures to suspend acceptance obligations.\n(4)\nIn accordance with point (c) of Article 11(2) and Article 17(6) of the Agreement, the Joint Committee established by Article 11(1) of the Agreement (the ‘Joint Committee’) is able to adopt amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement.\n(5)\nIn order to facilitate the approval of amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement to be adopted by the Joint Committee and to avoid the risk of not having a Union position on proposed amendments, the Commission should be authorised to approve such proposed amendments on behalf of the Union subject to specific substantive and procedural conditions.\n(6)\nIn order to ensure that the approval by the Commission of proposed amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement to be adopted by the Joint Committee is in conformity with the conditions laid down in this Decision, the Commission should submit the proposed amendments to the Council for consultation sufficiently in advance of the Joint Committee meeting at which those amendments would be adopted. The conformity of the amendments submitted by the Commission to the Council should be assessed by the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States (Coreper).\n(7)\nThe Agreement 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 17 June 2020 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2018/1153 of 26 June 2018 on the signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (OJ L 210, 21.8.2018, p. 2)."
    }
  ],
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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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