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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2234/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/2234",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/2234 of 23 October 2020 on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2234",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/2234\nof 23 October 2020\non the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 29 June 2012 and Part IV (Trade) thereof, with the exception of Article 271 thereof, has been applied pursuant to Article 353(4) of the Agreement between the Union and Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama since 1 August 2013; between the Union and Costa Rica and El Salvador since 1 October 2013; and between the Union and Guatemala since 1 December 2013.\n(2)\nOn 24 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Central America in order to conclude a protocol to the Agreement to take account of the accession of Croatia to the Union (‘the Protocol’).\n(3)\nThe negotiations were successfully completed on 27 June 2019.\n(4)\nThe Protocol should be signed and applied, on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its entry into force,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, p. 3."
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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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