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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/953",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/953 of 26 June 2020 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-953",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/953\nof 26 June 2020\non the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 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 Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’), was signed on 15 December 2010, subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Decision 2012/750/EU of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council.\n(2)\nThe Agreement has been ratified by all Member States, except for the Republic of Croatia, which accedes to the Agreement in accordance with the 2012 Act of accession. The Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia was signed on 3 May 2016 in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2016/803.\n(3)\nThe Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Union.\n(4)\nArticles 3 and 4 of Decision 2012/750/EU contain provisions on decision-making and representation with regard to various matters set out in the Agreement. In view of the judgment of the Court of Justice of 28 April 2015 in Case C-28/12, Commission v Council, the application of those provisions should be discontinued. Having regard to the Treaties, new provisions on those matters are not necessary and the provisions concerning the provision of information to the Commission set out in Article 5 of Decision 2012/750/EU are no longer necessary. Consequently, paragraphs 2 to 5 of Article 3 and Articles 4 and 5 of Decision 2012/750/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": "OJ L 334, 6.12.2012, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Decision 2012/750/EU of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 15 October 2010 on the signature and provisional application of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part (OJ L 334, 6.12.2012, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 132, 21.5.2016, p. 81."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/803 of 7 May 2015 on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (OJ L 132, 21.5.2016, p. 79)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Judgment of the Court of Justice of 28 April 2015, Commission v Council, Case C-28/12, ECLI:EU:C:2015:282."
    }
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