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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/13",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/13 of 19 December 2019 amending the negotiating directives for the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and regions, to the extent that they fall within the competence of the Union",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-13",
  "path": "annex/ADDENDUM/division/6/division/6.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6.1",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "EPAs will reconfirm the respective commitments in trade-related areas undertaken in the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and its successor agreement, in particular with regard to competition policy, protection of intellectual property rights (including geographical indications), standardisation and certification, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, trade and environment, trade and labour standards, consumer policy and protection of consumer health. These provisions in the EPAs will be reviewed in the light of the results of multilateral, plurilateral and bilateral trade negotiations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Articles 45 to 51 and 78 of the Cotonou Agreement and the relevant provisions of its successor agreement, once applicable."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:26.731393+00:00"
  },
  "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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