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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1490/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/1490",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/1490 of 12 October 2020 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee set up by the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, concerning the adoption of the procedures for the settlement of disputes and the code of conduct for arbitrators",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1490",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/1490\nof 12 October 2020\nestablishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee set up by the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, concerning the adoption of the procedures for the settlement of disputes and the code of conduct for arbitrators\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’) was signed on behalf of the Union pursuant to Council Decision 2009/156/EC. It has been applied on a provisional basis since 3 September 2016.\n(2)\nPursuant to Article 59(1) of the Agreement, the EPA Committee is to adopt the rules of procedure for dispute settlement procedures.\n(3)\nThe EPA Committee, at its next annual meeting, is to adopt a decision establishing the procedures for the settlement of disputes and the code of conduct for arbitrators annexed to them.\n(4)\nIt is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the EPA Committee concerning the adoption of the decision establishing the procedures for the settlement of disputes and the code of conduct for arbitrators, as that decision will be binding on the Union.\n(5)\nThe position of the Union within the EPA Committee should therefore be based on the draft Decision of that Committee,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 59, 3.3.2009, p. 3."
    },
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2009/156/EC of 21 November 2008 on the signature and provisional application of the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (OJ L 59, 3.3.2009, p. 1)."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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