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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-948/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/948",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/948 of 26 June 2020 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-948",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/948\nof 26 June 2020\non the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part\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)\nThe Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, the Common Aviation Area Agreement with Georgia (the ‘Agreement’) in accordance with the Council Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations.\n(2)\nThe Agreement was signed on 2 December 2010, subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Decision 2012/708/EU of the Council and of the Representatives of the Member States of the European Union meeting within the Council.\n(3)\nThe Agreement has been ratified by all Member States except for the Republic of Croatia. The Republic of Croatia accedes to the Agreement in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Act of Accession annexed to the Treaty of Accession of 5 December 2011. The relevant Protocol of Accession of the Republic of Croatia was signed in November 2014.\n(4)\nThe Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Union.\n(5)\nArticles 3 and 4 of Decision 2012/708/EU contain provisions on decision making and representation with regard to various matters set out in the Agreement. In light of the judgement of the European Court of Justice of 28 April 2015 in case C-28/12, the application of some those provisions should be discontinued. Having regard to the Treaties, neither new provisions on those matters nor provisions on information obligations of the Member States are necessary. Consequently, paragraphs 2 to 5 of Article 3 and Articles 4 and 5 of Decision 2012/708/EU should cease to apply on the date of entry into force of this Decision,\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": "Decision 2012/708/EU of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council of 15 October 2010 on the signature and provisional application of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part (OJ L 321, 20.11.2012, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "ECLI:EU:C:2015:282."
    }
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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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